The family of 21-year-old Georgia Tech shooting victim Scout Schultz has hired attorney L. Chris Stewart to represent them.
Schultz was shot and killed outside an 8th Street dorm on the Georgia Tech campus Saturday night by a Georgia Tech police officer after officers responded to a 911 call about a person with a knife and gun.
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After a confrontation during which Schultz was holding a knife and walking toward officers, one officer shot Schultz. They were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in downtown Atlanta where they later died.
Schultz was a fourth-year computer engineering student and president of Georgia Tech's Pride Alliance.
Stewart has already openly questioned why police didn't use non-lethal force to respond, and also wants to know if the officers who responded had any training to deal with mentally impaired subjects.
During Monday's news conference, Schultz's mother and father also questioned the tactics of the responding police officers.
"Why did you have to shoot? Why did you kill my son?" Shultz's father asked.
They asked whether or not non-lethal means could have been used to deal with Scout, noting specifically that tasers or mace could have been used to subdue Scout, given the situation.
Stewart said the family is planning to file a civil lawsuit in connection with the case soon.
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No one else was injured during the incident.
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