Slain Georgia Tech Student Called 911 Before Encounter With Police

At Georgia Tech late Saturday, campus police killed 21-year-old Scout Schultz, who they say was advancing on officers with a knife.

David Goldman / Associated Press File

Updated at 5:29 p.m.

A Georgia Tech student who was fatally shot by campus police had called 911 to report an armed and possibly intoxicated suspicious person fitting the student’s physical description.

Campus police killed Scout Schultz, 21, who they said was advancing on officers with a knife. Schultz refused to put down the knife and kept moving toward officers late Saturday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement.