A Mount Horeb student was fatally shot by police after he brought a rifle to school and pointed it at officers. The student, identified as a 14-year-old, did not comply with police commands to drop the weapon, which was later identified as a pellet rifle. The incident occurred outside a Wisconsin middle school, and the state Department of Justice is involved in the case.
Student shot to death outside Wisconsin middle school was wielding a pellet gun, state DOJ says https://t.co/JF5PzRIPvR
Mount Horeb student fatally shot by police after pointing pellet rifle at officers, DOJ says https://t.co/lnZjGevTGH
Brief update on Mount Horeb shooting: The 14-year-old had a firearm (pellet rifle). Officers told him to drop it. He did not comply, pointed it at them. They opened fire. https://t.co/oFgknBivko
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