Aledda has since been placed on paid leave pending an investigation. John Rivera, the president of the Police Benevolent Association in Dade County, Fla., issued a statement shortly after the shooting saying that Aledda was aiming at the patient, who the officer thought was a threat, but missed and hit Kinsey instead.

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Police Cmdr. Emile Hollant was also disciplined: He was suspended without pay for allegedly fabricating information about the shooting, CBS News reports.

The North Miami Police Department announced Wednesday that in light of the shooting, it will increase training for officers over the next 90 days on how to deal with people with autism and how to de-escalate confrontations.

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Kinsey said that he is happy that neither he nor Rios was killed in the incident, even though he was still traumatized by the encounter.

"Mentally, this is disturbing. I play this in my head every day, and I can't sleep at night. Things could have went the other way. I am blessed that it didn't," Kinsey said. "I have a big family, and if I hadn't made it through, my whole family would have suffered."

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