Umuhungu w’imyaka 15, ufite autisme, yabonywe amaboko ye “aboshye ku biganza” ubwo yirukaga yinjira mu iduka ry’ibiribwa ryo mu gace ku wa Gatatu, nk’uko polisi yo muri California yabitangaje. Polisi yanabonye umukobwa w’imyaka 12 mu nzu imwe, aho bavuga ko “nta muntu wagombye kuba ahaba.”
Umwana w’umuhungu wambaye ubusa yinjiye mu iduka ry’ibiribwa riri mu mujyi wa Ceres, muri California, ku mugoroba wo ku wa Gatatu, tariki ya 26 Werurwe, ibintu byatunguranye bikomeye. Ibyabaye byatumye we n’undi mwana bakurwa muri iyo nzu polisi yasobanuye nk’aho hadakwiriye guturwamo, maze abantu batatu barafungwa.
Nk’uko itangazo rya polisi ya Ceres ribisobanura, abapolisi bitabye telefoni ku isaha ya saa 7:39 p.m. nyuma y’amakuru avuga ko “umuhungu wambaye ubusa ari kwiruka hafi ya Hatch Road na Richland Avenue.” Amaherezo yinjiye muri iryo duka ry’ibiribwa.
“Narumvise abantu bahumuriza, nk’ikintu cyabatunguye cyane. Narebye inyuma maze mbona wa muhungu ari kwambuka imbere y’iduka nta mwambaro yambaye,” Rebecca Renard, umuyobozi mukuru wa Cost Less Foods, yabwiye KCRA, ishami rya NBC.
David Avila, umuyobozi muri iryo duka, yavuze ko we na bagenzi be bahise babona ko “uyu mwana ari mu kaga kandi agomba gufashwa.” Yavuze ko bamupfutse n’igitaka (coat) maze bahamagara 911. “Twakomeje kumubwira ko ibintu bigiye kuba byiza, tumukomeza,” yabisobanuye.
Uyu mwana w’imyaka 15 ufite autisme, yabonywe n’abapolisi ari mu iduka, amaboko ye “aboshye ku biganza.” Renard yavuze ko yamubonye amukurikiranye n’”umugozi ucometse ku kuguru kwe kw’ibumoso,” akemeza ko ashobora kuba ariho yishikuye ngo abone uko ahunga.
Polisi yemeje ko basanze “ibimenyetso bigaragaza ko yari yaboshwe n’amaguru kandi afite ibikomere byinshi bigaragara.” Renard yavuze ko yari “abaye igifuramye” kandi afite “ibikomere hagati ya 75 na 100 cyangwa birenga ku mubiri we hose,” nk’uko KCRA yabitangaje.
“Ubufasha bw’ubuvuzi bwihuse bwahise butumizwa aho hantu, maze uwo mwana ajyanwa kwa muganga ngo avurwe,” nk’uko polisi yabisobanuye.
Icyo gihe kandi, nyina w’uwo mwana, Leandra Renteria w’imyaka 36, yaje ku iduka ashakisha umuhungu we ubwo polisi yari mu iperereza. Polisi imaze kumenya ko afite undi mwana w’umukobwa w’imyaka 12 na we ufite autisme, bahise bajya gusuzuma uko uwo mwana abayeho. Icyo gihe, basanze uwo mwana ari kumwe n’abantu bakuru babiri.
Nubwo polisi yavuze ko uwo mukobwa bari bamusanze “ari amahoro mu rugo,” basanze iyo nzu iri mu mutekano muke cyane. Jeff Godfrey, umwe mu bayobozi ba polisi ya Ceres, yabwiye KCRA ati: “Ibikorwa byo kubaho muri iyo nzu ntibyari byiza, hari imyanda y’inkari n’icyondo hirya no hino mu nzu, hari umunuko ukabije, ibintu byose bikaba ibihumanya ubuzima, aho nta muntu wagombye gutura.”
Iyo nkuru yatangajwe ivuga ko abaturanyi babonaga iyo nzu inyuma ari nziza cyane, ndetse igateretswaho ibimenyetso bivuga “kwita ku bantu bafite autisme.”
Umuturanyi umwe yabwiye itangazamakuru ko yakunze kumva urusaku no gutongana bituruka muri iyo nzu, ndetse rimwe na rimwe yabonye wa muhungu yiruka hanze atambaye inkweto cyangwa umupira, naho abantu bakuru bakamwinginga ngo agaruke mu nzu.
Mu mpera z’iperereza, Leandra Renteria, nyina w’uwo mwana, yarafashwe, kimwe na nyirakuru Lenore Wilson w’imyaka 54, ndetse n’umugabo wa nyirakuru, Gary Wilson w’imyaka 58. Aba bose uko ari batatu bashinjwe guhohotera abana no kub neglectinga (kutabaha uburere bukwiye).
Bashyizwe muri gereza ya Stanislaus County Public Safety Center. Kugeza ku wa Kane w’icyumweru gishize, Renteria yari akiri muri gereza, ariko Wilson n’umugabo we bari bamaze kurekurwa.
Abana bombi bakuwe muri iyo nzu kandi bashyikirizwa serivisi zita ku bana bato (Child Protective Services).