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| Georgia student Scout Schultz shot dead by Atlanta police | Georgia student Scout Schultz shot dead by Atlanta police |
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| University police in the US state of Georgia have shot and killed an LGBT student activist, sparking a state investigation. | |
| Police encountered Scout Schultz outside a campus dormitory in Atlanta after a call about "a person with a knife and a gun" late on Saturday. | |
| Footage has emerged showing Schultz, 21, refusing to obey police commands to drop a knife, and advancing on them. | |
| Schultz's mother said police should not have used lethal force. | Schultz's mother said police should not have used lethal force. |
| In a video filmed by fellow students at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Schultz is heard saying "Shoot me!" while continuing to walk towards the officers. One of them then opens fire. | |
| Schultz - who identified as intersex - did not appear to be holding a gun, investigators said, despite what had initially been reported to police. | |
| The computer engineering student from Lilburn, Georgia later died in hospital, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said. | |
| The state medical examiner's office in Decatur will conduct a post-mortem, the GBI added. | |
| A lawyer for Schultz's parents, Chris Stewart, said the blade on the folding pocket knife that Schultz was allegedly holding was not open, and they never ran towards police. | |
| No police officers from the Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) were injured in the incident. School representatives say it was probably the first on-campus police shooting in the past 20 years, if ever. | |
| The officer who opened fire has not been named. | The officer who opened fire has not been named. |
| Schultz's mother Lynne later said Scout, who was born Scott Schultz, was politically active in progressive causes, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. | Schultz's mother Lynne later said Scout, who was born Scott Schultz, was politically active in progressive causes, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. |
| She added that Schultz had numerous medical issues, suffered from depression and had attempted suicide two years ago. | She added that Schultz had numerous medical issues, suffered from depression and had attempted suicide two years ago. |
| "Why didn't they use some nonlethal force, like pepper spray or Tasers?" she was quoted as saying by the newspaper. | "Why didn't they use some nonlethal force, like pepper spray or Tasers?" she was quoted as saying by the newspaper. |
| Schultz was the president of the Pride Alliance at Georgia Tech. | Schultz was the president of the Pride Alliance at Georgia Tech. |
| "We are all deeply saddened by what has occurred," the group said in a statement. | "We are all deeply saddened by what has occurred," the group said in a statement. |
| "They have been the driving force behind Pride Alliance for the past two years," the group said, using Schultz's preferred pronoun. "They pushed us to do more events and a larger variety events." | "They have been the driving force behind Pride Alliance for the past two years," the group said, using Schultz's preferred pronoun. "They pushed us to do more events and a larger variety events." |
| Georgia tech said it was "deeply saddened" by what had happened. |