San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus is speaking out after a deputy shot and killed a 17-year-old boy inside a home in Victorville on Tuesday.The sheriff held a news conference Wednesday morning to address the deadly shooting and release body-worn camera footage of the incident. The boy had barricaded himself inside a bathroom, armed with a knife and was threatening to harm himself.Sheriff Dicus detailed the situation, calling out the state of the mental health system.
'My record as a Sheriff for the last several years, I have championed a better mental health system both in the corrections environment and in our public environment, have been challenged a number of times, where the only mental health resource that we have in our communities is law enforcement.'Dicus also addressed a few other recent cases that have drawn public attention.