The boy, Canon Reid, was autistic, non-verbal and being home-schooled by his reclusive mother, police sources said.

Police said they discovered the pair at a NYCHA building in Brownsville after getting a call about a foul odor.

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An NYPD officer shot someone in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The shooting happened around 1:49 p.m. near Utica Avenue and Avenue K in the Flatlands neighborhood, according to authorities.

Officers shot a man wielding a box cutter at the corner of Utica Ave. and Avenue K in Flatlands about 1:50 p.m., police said.