School boss praises officers’ response

RENO, Nev. – The head of the school district in Reno, Nev., where a campus officer shot a knife-wielding high school student is praising the quick response she says helped avert what could have been a much more dangerous situation. The 14-year-old boy remained in critical condition Thursday at a Reno hospital with a gunshot wound. He was shot in an outdoor courtyard at Hug High School on Wednesday after Reno police say he was threatening other students and refused orders to drop the knife. Washoe County School Superintendent Traci Davis told reporters Thursday that if school police hadn’t acted so swiftly, she truly believes “the outcome could have been much worse.”