Parents call for help during son's mental health episode but police fatally shoot him within seconds

Yong Yang was fatally shot by police while having a mental health episode

Niamh Shackleton

Featured Image Credit: LAPD/Family of Yong Yang/Panish Shea Ravipudi LLP

Topics: Los Angeles, Mental Health, News, Police, US News, Gun Crime

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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Parents call for help during son's mental health episode but police fatally shoot him within seconds

Yong Yang was fatally shot by police while having a mental health episode

Parents call for help during son's mental health episode but police fatally shoot him within seconds

Yong Yang was fatally shot by police while having a mental health episode

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