Police kill armed eighth-grader in Texas school

[Kalidurga]

5. It is really sad...

I don't think we will ever know if the kid was actually shooting at the police or not. I don't like that they put "engaged" in quotes. That term usually means that someone was firing a weapon the quotes suggest a weapon was sort of fired or not fired or might have been fired or something not sure what the intention of the quotes was, especially since the official word specifically says that they aren't saying or they don't know if the kid fired the weapon.

So, the only thing we know is that this kid had a gun, he was in the hallway, presumably just him and the police so there was little danger he would have killed another child at this point. He most likely ignored orders to put the gun down, he might have fired shots or a shot and then he was killed.

I am glad he didn't kill anyone. I hope that the police did everything they could to avoid killing him, but based on police conduct I have seen first hand, I can't be sure this is the case.