Police Kill Florida Tech Student Armed With ‘Edged Weapon’

Police Kill Florida Tech Student Armed With ‘Edged Weapon’
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The Associated Press
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MELBOURNE, Fla.—Authorities killed a Florida Institute of Technology student who lunged at a police officer with an “edged weapon” on the college campus Friday night, police said.

The Melbourne Police Department on Saturday said 18-year-old Alhaji M. Sow, of Riverdale, Georgia, was fatally shot by police and a school security guard in a campus building during the attack.