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RSS Feeds3 people charged after violent clash with police at Georgia Tech following vigil for student
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

19 september 2017 23:22:46

 
3 people charged after violent clash with police at Georgia Tech following vigil for student
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


ATLANTA—Three people face charges after violent clashes with campus police at Georgia Tech following a vigil for a student fatally shot by officers, a university spokesperson said Tuesday.Police shot and killed Scout Schultz, 21, Saturday night after the fourth-year student called 911 to report an armed and possibly intoxicated suspicious person, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.The GBI on Tuesday identified the officer who shot Schultz as Officer Tyler Beck but did not provide any other information about him. Beck is on paid leave pending the outcome of the investigation, Georgia Tech said on its website.The officer had been with the campus police department for about 16 months, according to state records.On Monday night, Georgia Tech issued alerts urging students to shelter indoors because of violent protests. Video posted on social media showed a campus police vehicle burning in the street and officers pinning people to the ground as onlookers shouted at them.After Monday’s peaceful vigil, about 50 protesters marched to the campus police department, university spokesperson Lance Wallace said. A police vehicle was burned and two officers suffered minor injuries, with one taken to a hospital for treatment and later released.Georgia Tech president G.P. “Bud” Peterson in a letter to the university community Tuesday said he believes the problems were caused by people “intent on creating a disturbance and inciting violence.”“We believe many of them were not part of our Georgia Tech community, but rather outside agitators intent on disrupting the event,” he added. “They certainly did not honour Scout’s memory nor represent our values by doing so.”The university said three people were arrested during the protest but hasn’t said whether they were students.Fulton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said Vincent Castillenti, of Decatur, faces two counts of a ...


 
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