The family of a Florida Tech student who was fatally shot on campus last week by police and school security officers is investigating the deadly use of force.
(MELBOURNE, Fla.) The family of a Florida Institute of Technology student who was fatally shot on campus last week by police and school security officers is
Kali9/iStock(MELBOURNE, Fla.) The family of a Florida Institute of Technology student who was fatally shot on campus last week by police and school security officers is launching an independent investigation into the deadly use of force. Police responded to the Melbourne campus shortly before 11 p.m. Friday after reports of a man armed with a knife attacking students. A Melbourne Police Department officer and school security confronted the man, identified by police as 18-year-old Alhaji Sow, in a campus building. Both fired their weapons, striking him, after Sow allegedly "lunged" at the police officer with an "edged weapon," Melbourne police said following the incident. He died at the scene. Sow's family has since hired a law firm to investigate the incident and why non-lethal methods were not used by the school security officer to subdue the teenager, attorneys said Wednesday. "On a college campus, there will undoubtedly be mental health crises that wi
Kali9/iStock(MELBOURNE, Fla.) The family of a Florida Institute of Technology student who was fatally shot on campus last week by police and school security officers is launching an independent investigation into the deadly use of force. Police responded to the Melbourne campus shortly before 11 p.m. Friday after reports of a man armed with a knife attacking students. A Melbourne Police Department officer and school security confronted the man, identified by police as 18-year-old Alhaji Sow, in a campus building. Both fired their weapons, striking him, after Sow allegedly "lunged" at the police officer with an "edged weapon," Melbourne police said following the incident. He died at the scene. Sow's family has since hired a law firm to investigate the incident and why non-lethal methods were not used by the school security officer to subdue the teenager, attorneys said Wednesday. "On a college campus, there will undoubtedly be mental health crises that wi