CARY, Ill. (WLS) -- A local couple who lost their son with autism during a misunderstanding with police is hoping to use their grief to help others.

Jake Porter's parents say they were waiting for him at a nearby restaurant in the northwest suburbs, but they say their 32-year-old son with autism was instead in his car in a parking lot. Through a tragic set of misunderstandings, he was surrounded by police with guns drawn, and he took his own life.

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His mother, Christy Porter, we

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