Police looking for 2 who used pellet gun to shoot teen with autism in Magna

Police are looking for two people who shot a teen who has autism in the back with a pellet or BB gun. The duo drove away in a blue sedan, captured here by a surveillance camera.

Police are looking for two people who shot a teen who has autism in the back with a pellet or BB gun. The duo drove away in a blue sedan, captured here by a surveillance camera. (Unified Police)


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MAGNA — Unified police were looking Thursday for two people who shot a boy who has autism in the back with a BB gun.

On Jan. 8, a 17-year-old boy with autism was working at Smith's Food and Drug, 8055 W. 3500 South. He was collecting shopping carts in the parking lot about 10:30 p.m. when he was shot three times in the back with either a pellet or BB gun, according to Unified police.

Two males, of unknown ages, were seen laughing as they drove off in a blue sedan, according to police. Police said the shots left welts on the teen's back, but he was otherwise not physically injured.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 801-743-7000.

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Pat Reavy interned with KSL NewsRadio in 1989 and has been a full-time journalist for either KSL NewsRadio, Deseret News or KSL.com since 1991. For the past 25 years, he has worked primarily the cops and courts beat.
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