they murdered the kid. 15 year- old boy with asberger's syndrome autism killed in front of his father by calumet city police father calling for help. top story around the country tonight. police defending actions of officers tonight. live calumet city police headquarters tonight >> calumet city police say they knew they were dealing with special needs teenager but the shooting was justified given the circumstances boy's father says officers should have been prepared to use a taser instead of a gun >> emotional confrontation this afternoon the boy's mother demanded to speak to two officers who shot and killed 15 year old son who suffered from asberger's syndrome autism disorder. calumet city city police responding to domestic disturbance call. police say a teenager in a basement fighting with his father. >> two officers went downstairs police say the boy alleged that officers with a knife father who witnessed everything says it was only a butter knife both officers fired one shot at the boy pronounced dead at the hospital short while later. >> he was the one who also did the opposite w

many holding candles print for the family. 15 year-old stephon watts suffered from asberger's syndrome a type of autism. what is some support groups also here. local leaders calling for a full investigation. >> we want to bring justice to the family and community to rise up will not accept this type of behavior >> supporting the boy's family activists spoke shouldn't reflected deeper problems inequalities >> why are we as citizens acting like we did not know what this is about? this child would still be alive today in another area >> family called to the home to subdue the boy after fighting with parents for not wanting to go to school. police got there boy in basement officers went downstairs and the boy lunged at them with a knife. officer shot him twice. the boy's father stephen spoke sot the officer shoot his son. >> i saw everything i saw the smoke coming out of the gun it was so close i could have got shot. >> his account is different from police. he says his son had a butter knife at officer shot him in the head not the chest and the second shot fired after the sun hit the groun