**BREAKING** HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT KILLED BY CAMPUS GUARD (Baseball bat lost)

KMJ 580- Fresno ^ | 4-16-08 | Unknown

[Enterprise]

On the 1 year anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre that left 32 innocent students and teachers dead - word comes of a shots fired on the campus at Fresno's Roosevelt High.

[Enterprise]

The story as reported on KMJ 590 - Fresno, is that a male student, age 17, used a baseball bat to club a school resource officer in the head (This was a sworn Fresno PD officer, not a "guard" as reported in the headline). The officer dropped and reached for his service weapon. The magazine fell out and the student advanced on the officer. The officer then reached for his backup weapon and shot the student once, killing the student.

[The_Republican]

Too bad this is not a scene from some movie.

[Cicero]

If this report is accurate, it sounds as if it was justified.

[YourAdHere]

The student will be portrayed as a victim. Legal status?

[Tex Pete]

Sounds like he did the right thing. Good for him.

Rest in pieces.

[GunRunner]

The initial attack caused the officer to drop his service revolver and the magazine fell out.

Hmmm, I think its safe to say that the details are a little hazy at this early stage.

[Mount Athos]

How often do police carry two guns?

[happinesswithoutpeace]

The mag fell out? Did he hit the mag release and didn’t already have a round chambered?

wth..........0_o

[Gator113]

Often.

[Osage Orange]

How often do police carry two guns?

More often than you might think..........

[Hacklehead]

“The initial attack caused the officer to drop his service revolver and the magazine fell out. “

Typical of the level of accuracy in reporting.

[dragnet2]

After taking a bat to the head, you’d be lucky to even identify your gun let alone grab it an shoot.

[SkyDancer]

Not sure I understand how a magazine can fall out of a revolver ....I only thought that pistols had mags .... and most LEO’s carry a backup gun on their ankles ....

[Califreak]

>How often do police carry two guns?<

It’s actually quite common and practical.

[toast]

The magazine fell out and the student advanced on the officer. The officer then reached for his backup weapon

I do think it sounds like a justified shooting but think an investigation is needed to ask why the magazine fell out of his service weapon. Is more training needed? Is the weapon faulty? Also, what is the departments policy on backup weapons? Are they allowed? Recommended?

[Texican72]

How often do police carry two guns?

My son is required to carry a backup.

[GunRunner]

Legal status?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_High_School_%28Fresno%29

Theodore Roosevelt High School (Fresno)

Many of its students are immigrants from Mexico and Southeast Asia. 36.59% are English learners. Below are rough figures of the student population.

Asian: 446 16.62% 0.58%
Pacific Islander: 3 0.11%
Filipino: 8 0.3%
Latino: 2078 77.42%
African American: 123 4.58%
White: 183 6.82%

[mnehring]

Glad the LEO was armed. Imagine the situation if he wasn’t. The kid clubs the LEO, then goes around clubbing anyone else who got in his way. Of course, I’m sure some here will say the LEO acted in a rash fashion.

[Califreak]

>The student will be portrayed as a victim. Legal status?<

I’l watch the nooz tonight and see how hard they spin the usual brutality meme.