Campus officers say Scout Schultz was advancing on officers with a knife when they opened fire outside a dormitory on Sunday night in AtlantaCampus police at a university in Georgia have shot and killed an LGBTQ student activist who they say was advancing on officers with a knife. Scout Schultz, 21, refused to put down a knife and kept moving toward the officers late on Sunday outside a dormitory at Georgia Tech, according to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The police used the person’s given name of Scott, but the computer engineering student used the name Scout and preferred the pronouns “they” and “them” rather than “him” or “her”. The GBI said officers tried repeatedly to get Schultz to drop the knife, but they refused to do so. A statement from Georgia Tech on Monday said: “Our hearts and prayers go out to Scout’s family, friends and colleagues as we mourn Scout’s life and the unrealised potential of what could have been.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Scout Schultz at a Pride Alliance rally at Georgia Tech this summer.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2017 08:18 UTC