Community members mourn at a vigil for Scout Schultz, a Georgia Tech student fatally shot by campus police.

Community members mourn at a vigil for Scout Schultz, a Georgia Tech student fatally shot by campus police. / Georgia Public Broadcasting

Last September, Georgia Tech student Scout Schultz was shot to death by a campus police officer. According to investigators, Schultz called 911 to report an armed suspicious person on campus. When police arrived, they found Schultz holding a blade. After repeated commands to drop it, an officer opened fire. Schultz, who was suicidal, was one of 30 Georgians shot and killed by police last year. According to data compiled by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a quarter of these shootings involved mental illness. We checked in with AJC reporter Brad Schrade, who has been tracking these cases.

 The complete list of  police involved shootings is now available in the AJC’s online database

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