--- title: Autistic Man Whose Caretaker Was Shot by Cop Is Traumatized description: The Florida man with autism whose caretaker was shot and wounded by police is "traumatized" and has not been eating or sleeping since. canonical: https://time.com/4421072/autistic-man-caretaker-shot-florida/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-24T20:25:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:56:39.959Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Autistic Man Whose Caretaker Was Shot by Cop Is 'Traumatized' og:description: "He's not the same anymore," his sister said og:url: https://time.com/4421072/autistic-man-caretaker-shot-florida/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Autistic Man Whose Caretaker Was Shot by Cop Is 'Traumatized' twitter:description: "He's not the same anymore," his sister said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Autistic Man Whose Caretaker Was Shot by Cop Is 'Traumatized'  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jul 24, 2016 8:25 PM CUT  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jul 24, 2016 8:25 PM CUT The [Florida man with autism](http://time.com/4417960/police-shoot-autistic-caretaker-charles-kinsey/ "undefined") whose caretaker was [shot and wounded by police](http://time.com/4416466/police-shooting-autistic-caretaker/?xid=homepage "undefined") last week is “traumatized” by the incident and has not been eating or sleeping since, his family said. Arnaldo Rios, 27, wandered away from an assisted living facility in North Miami last Monday. Police officers, responding to a call of an armed and suicidal man, found Rios sitting on the street and playing with an object which turned out to be a toy truck. The patient’s behavioral therapist, Charles Kinsey, who is black, was next to him, trying to coax him back into the facility. Kinsey was shot when a police officer, believing Rios was a threat to Kinsey, aimed for Rios but missed and struck Kinsey in the leg instead, said John Rivera, president of the Police Benevolent Association in Dade County. Rivera said officers at the time did not know Rios had autism and did not know the object in his hand was a toy. The officer who shot Kinsey was later identified as Officer [Jonathan Aledda](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-miami-police-shooting-officer-who-shot-unarmed-caregiver-charles-kinsey-joanthan-aledda/ "undefined"), 30, a member of the department’s SWAT team, according to CBS News. Rios has been suffering from night terrors since and has declared, “I hate the police,” his mother Gladys Soto said during a Saturday [news conference](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/07/24/family-man-autism-still-traumatized-after-shooting-caregiver/87500694/?utm%5Fsource=feedblitz&utm%5Fmedium=FeedBlitzRss&utm%5Fcampaign=usatoday-newstopstories "undefined"). “It’s too emotional to see your baby caught up in something like this,” Soto said through tears. “He’s not the same anymore,” said Rios’ sister, Miriam Soto. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4421072/autistic-man-caretaker-shot-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4421072/autistic-man-caretaker-shot-florida/"},"headline":"Autistic Man Whose Caretaker Was Shot by Cop Is 'Traumatized'","datePublished":"2016-07-24T20:25:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:56:39.959Z","description":"\"He's not the same anymore,\" his sister said","url":"https://time.com/4421072/autistic-man-caretaker-shot-florida/","keywords":["Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/florida/","name":"Florida"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4421072/autistic-man-caretaker-shot-florida/","name":"Autistic Man Whose Caretaker Was Shot by Cop Is 'Traumatized'"}}]}] ```