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California boy with replica gun shot dead by police

Sacramento, California: A 13-year-old California boy carrying a replica of an assault rifle was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies apparently believed the gun was real local media reported on Wednesday.The boy's father, Rodrigo Lopez,



Asked about the shooting incident, the county coroner's office said it could not release the name of the person who was shot because he was a juvenile.



The sheriff's department said the deputies involved had been patrolling in Santa Rosa, which is about 55 miles (90 km) north of San Francisco, on Tuesday afternoon when they saw someone who appeared to be holding an assault weapon.



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