Officer who killed student ‘over-reacted’

The lawyer for the family of a student killed by Georgia Tech police has said the officer who fired the fatal shot over-reacted.

Campus police killed 21-year-old Scout Schultz, who they claim was advancing on officers with a knife.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Schultz refused to put down the knife and kept moving toward officers early on Sunday outside a dormitory.

Attorney Chris Stewart said he thinks Schultz was having a mental breakdown and did not know what to do. Authorities have not identified the officer who shot him.