A police officer stands guard in front of a burning Georgia Tech police vehicle. Masked protesters threw a flare into the car.

A police officer stands guard in front of a burning Georgia Tech police vehicle. Masked protesters threw a flare into the car.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

The night started as a sea of candles reflecting off the Georgia Tech Campanile fountain and ended with the bright orange glow of a burned-out patrol car.

A group of about 50 protestors marched through campus to the Georgia Tech Police station, getting into a confrontation that sent one officer to the hospital and saw three protesters arrested.

 

The Midtown campus was on lockdown for over an hour. Georgia Tech Police and the Atlanta Police Department secured the scene after a flare tossed into a patrol car’s hood ignited the vehicle.  
 

Many of the protestors were masked, carried signs and chanted slogans associated with the anti-fascist, or “antifa” movement.

The protestors were separate from the earlier vigil celebrating the life of Scout Schultz.

Schultz, a fourth-year computer engineering student and the president of the university’s Pride Alliance, was fatally shot by campus police Saturday night.

The school says Schultz failed to comply with an order to drop a weapon after police received a 911 call about a person with a knife and a gun roaming around campus.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation released a statement today saying that Schultz made the 911 call, and three suicide notes were found in Schultz’s room.

A Washington Post analysis finds that mental illness plays a major role in at least 25 percent of fatal police shootings.

Schultz, who used “they” and “them” pronouns, identified as “bisexual, nonbinary and intersex.”

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