Shooting in Texas

On January 4^th, police in Brownsville, Texas, an 8^th grader was shot by police on the halls of his middle school. The teen walked into a classroom and assaulted a student. Then he pulled the weapon out, most likely to make a point or statement. Later when police arrived he was told by them to drop his firearm numerous times but he didn’t. Then he was fatally shot by police. It turns out the firearm he was carrying was a pellet gun. It was said that the pellet gun closely resembled a Glock, a well know pistol used by law enforcement. It’s kind of unclear why lethal action was used on an 8^th grader but it was justified by the officers who shot the student. It was a tragedy that occurred but the police are trained to handle situations like this less lethal, and could of avoided this tragedy if they chose that route.