Scout Schultz was declared dead on Sunday morning after shooting in Georgia Tech.
The lawyer for the family of a student who was shot by the Georgia Tech police beat the university and the official who shot the 21-year-old, said on Monday that the deadly shootout was an overreaction and was badly treated by the university.
Scott “Scout” Schultz was declared dead on Sunday morning after an officer shot the student. Schultz was taken to a hospital but declared dead, Fox 5 Atlanta reported. Several officials stated that Schultz on Saturday at 11:30 p.m. outside the west campus' shared apartment. According to Schultz, they reported that they drop the object before an officer fired his weapon.
Schultz 'father William questioned the police's motif at the shootout.
“Whatever happened, it shouldn't have ended in a death,” said the grieving father during a press conference on Monday.
When asked what he would tell the officer, he replied: “Why did you have to shoot? That is the question. That is the only question that counts at the moment. Why did you kill my son? “
Chris Stewart, the family's lawyer, who also examined the case, said Georgia Tech had a wrong story by claiming that Scott Schultz had worn a big knife and calculated on Saturday evening to the officials in front of the shootout in the direction of the civil servants. Stewart said Schultz had a “multi -purpose tool” with a “tiny little knife”.
“The knife wasn't even open. That was the truth … Georgia Tech didn't tell you that, ”said Stewart and added that the officer was about 20 feet away when he fired a ball in Schultz's heart.
Stewart compared Schultz's death with other controversial, controversial shooting iron. He praised the other officers at the crime scene who tried to calm Schultz, but banged the one campus police officer who fired the fatal shots and said the officer “overreacted”.
“But this officer took the life of the President of the Pride Group in Georgia Tech, the child of the Schultz family, the person who was loved on campus because they were overreacted,” said Stewart. “At the end of the day there were two failures. This one officer who decided to take scouts life … And the other failure was Georgia Tech, who confirmed that they did not give their officers. “
He called dealing with the situation “completely inappropriate”.
Lynne Schultz, the student's mother, said Scout has strong beliefs and “a promising future”. The family said the student suffered from depression and had a mental collapse when the fatal torture took place. William Schultz said he took scout for advice for a few weeks after the 21-year-old tried suicide two years ago.
Videos from Witnesses at the crime scene showed that the Schultz campus police ordered to put down the knife.
“Let the knife fall! Drop the knife! “The officials were screaming, whereupon Schultz replied:” Shoot me! “
“Nobody wants to hurt you, man. Let the knife fall,” said another officer.
A few moments later, an officer fired his gun and Schultz heard screaming. The spokeswoman for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Nelly Miles, initially said in a statement that Schultz “continued to priority with the knife” before he was shot.
William Schultz said Scout was with a full scholarship with Georgia Tech. The student was a major for computer technology in the fourth year and was supposed to graduate in December. He added, Schultz took the summer to relax, and the last time he saw that the student was in August. The Georgia Tech Pride Alliance, which Schultz headed, said she was “deeply sad” through death.
William Schultz said: “There is no question that Scout will be missing from the people who knew him.”
