University of Alabama police officer kills naked student

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4. Campus officer kills naked freshman at University of South Alabama

Campus officer kills naked freshman at University of South Alabama
By Melissa Gray, CNN
updated 1:43 AM EDT, Sun October 7, 2012

(CNN) -- Authorities are investigating why a University of South Alabama officer fatally shot an 18-year-old freshman who they say was naked and acting erratically outside the campus police station early Saturday.

With few details of the shooting, the student's mother and one of his friends said they could not understand how a six-year varsity wrestler and good-natured teenager could have died under such strange and sad circumstances.

According to a statement from the school, the campus police officer heard a loud banging noise on a window at the station at 1:23 a.m. CT (2:23 a.m. ET) Saturday. When he left the station to investigate, the school said, "he was confronted by a muscular, nude man who was acting erratically."

The man, later identified as Gilbert Thomas Collar, of Wetumpka, Alabama, repeatedly rushed and verbally challenged the officer in a fighting stance, the school said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/justice/alabama-student-killed/index.html

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Tragedy as naked college freshman, 18, shot dead by campus police after he 'charged at officer'
By James Nye
PUBLISHED:17:47 EST, 6 October 2012| UPDATED: 18:40 EST, 6 October 2012

In a tragic and bizarre incident a University of Alabama student who was naked has been fatally shot after charging a campus police officer early on Saturday morning.

University officials said that the confrontation occurred after the officer went outside the police station to investigate a banging noise that was coming from his office window.

Confronted with 18-year-old Gilbert Thomas Collar who was acting erratically and wearing no clothes, the officer shot the student once in the chest after he repeatedly charged.

Authorities said that the officer attempted to retreat several times in an attempt to defuse the situation but that the officer was left with no choice but to shoot when Collar made one final charge.

Collar, who had only recently enrolled at the University of South Alabama was shot at 1.30 a.m. on Saturday moening outside the USA Police Department on Stadium Drive

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213978/Tragedy-naked-college-freshman-18-shot-dead-campus-police-charged-officer.html#ixzz28bAnV84T

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