Police Kill Grad Student at Cal State San Bernardino

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Police Kill Grad Student at Cal State San Bernardino

Posted on December 10, 2012 by CAPPS

Inside Higher Ed – December 10, 2012

Campus police officers shot and killed a 38-year-old male graduate student at California State University at San Bernardino, The Press-Enterprise reported. Authorities said that the officers responded to a disturbance and that the man they shot became violent with officers before they shot him.

The Los Angeles Times reported that family members of the student said that he suffered from a mental disorder and had stopped taking his medication. The Times reported that during the altercation, the student was kicking one police officer in the head, was using police pepper spray against officers and was grabbing police batons.