A student from the University of Alabama knocked on the police department window naked and as a police officer emerged to investigate , he shot the young man.  The officer claims that the student charged at him so he shot him dead.  Hit the jump

Steph B

Outcry is growing over the fatal shooting of a naked University of Alabama student by a campus police officer early on Saturday morning.
Gil Collar, 18, reportedly knocked on the window of the campus police station and charged at an officer who came out to investigate. The officer shot him dead.
It has also emerged that the shooting was caught on video.
On the Facebook page for the Vanguard, the school’s student newspaper, Collar’s friends and classmates expressed shock and confusion that the officer felt the need to use deadly force on a young man they described as ‘sweet’ and ‘easy going.’
‘Gil went to my high school’ wrote Melissa Mims, who said she was a good friend of Collar’s sister Elisabeth and the rest of his family. ‘Gil was the kind of guy who could put a smile on anyone’s face, he never had any enemies and a lot of students and younger kids looked up to him. He really was a great guy and had very many friends.’
Parker Mozingo only met Collar once but he made a lasting impression.
‘He was a sweet guy who did not deserve this. He made one stupid decision last night but the officer that shot him, in my opinion, made a way worse mistake,’ she wrote.
‘Gil was unarmed, the officer had no right or reason to pull a gun on him. The officer should have thought about what he was doing, I hope that the people see the officer was wrong for what he did.’
Friend Lucas Self described Collar as an easy going person, small enough deadly force should not have been required.
‘Gil made a mistake but it is still an officers duty to resolve a situation as peacefully as he can’ Self wrote. ‘I think this situation was handled wrong by the officer but they arnt going to let any one believe that.’

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