Florida Tech student fatally shot in armed confrontation with officers, police say
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A Florida Institute of Technology student who was reportedly wielding a knife at students on campus was fatally shot by officers Friday night, authorities said.
A Florida Institute of Technology student who was reportedly wielding a knife at students on campus was fatally shot by officers Friday night, authorities said.
Police officers and school security responded shortly before 11 p.m. to reports of a man on the Melbourne campus "armed with a knife and assaulting students," the Melbourne Police Department said.
The incident began at Roberts Hall, a freshman residence hall, according to school officials.
Officers confronted the man, identified by police as 18-year-old Alhaji Sow, in a campus building "armed with an edged weapon," the department said.