Mentally ill 18-year-old shot dead by police in front of his mortified family after parents called them to help him as he had an episode

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PUBLISHED: 23:01 EST, 6 January 2014 | UPDATED: 04:14 EST, 7 January 2014

A North Carolina family is searching for answers and demanding justice after an 18-year-old boy was shot to death Sunday afternoon by police.
The family of Keith Vidal, 18, of Boiling Springs Lakes, called police for help calming him down during a schizophrenic episode, an officer burst through the door and instead killed him in front of his horrified family.
Keith Vidal had a screwdriver and was threatening to fight his mother, police had already subdued when the killing occurred, the parents said during a Monday afternoon press conference.

Read the full article at the Daily Mail 

(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2535036/Mentally-ill-18-year-old-Keith-Vidal-shot-dead-Southport-Police-mortified-family-parents-called-help-schizophrenic-episode.html)

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