A School Resource Officer Shoots and Kills ‘Suspicious’ Man Trying to Enter Elementary School
by Kyle Becker
about 2 hours ago
A school resource officer shot and killed a suspect near the Walnut Park Elementary School in Gadsden, Alabama on Thursday morning following a “physical altercation.”
https://rumble.com/embed/v159sg9/?pub=4The suspect reportedly was attempting to enter the Alabama school, law enforcement said. CBS42 reported that “a man arrived at Walnut Park Elementary in Gadsden around 9:30 a.m. Thursday and attempted to gain entry to vehicles and buildings on-site,” citing Etowah County Sheriff Jonathan Horton.
“A school resource officer who also works for Rainbow City police responded and called for assistance from other law enforcement,” the report added. “A physical altercation ensued, police claimed, and the suspect was shot and killed. The resource officer, officials said, received minor injuries.
Tony Reddick, Superintendent of Gadsden City Schools, said that the incident was “pretty bad.”
“I got a call from the principal who’s really distraught, and I really couldn’t make out what was happening,” he said. “But I knew it was something pretty bad.”
Police have not yet said whether the man attempting to enter the elementary school was armed. It is unknown if the suspect had any motive to commit a ‘coypcat crime’ in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in May.
A 2019 study conducted by gun violence expert John Lott Jr. shows there wasn’t one school where a teacher was armed that had a non-suicidal gun violence incident during school hours.
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