Family Still Angry SRO Shot Teen Who Attacked Students With Knives

By Bob Owens

The family of a violent teen who attacked students at his Reno High School with knives just can’t understood why the school resource officer (SRO) felt compelled to shoot the teen when turned towards the officer and refused to surrender.

“When you hear people say that bringing a knife to school isn’t the answer to bullying, how do you respond to that?” Villarreal asked.

“It’s not the answer. But to a 14-year-old kid, I guess it is the … you know, not to hurt anybody with the knives, but just to get them off of you,” said his grandmother, Nancy Pitchford.

“I’m not defending my son bringing knives to school whatsoever,” Clark’s mother, Cheryl Pitchford said. “But what I ask myself is, what makes the school officer think that it’s okay to shoot my son?”

The Reno police department said Clark had been involved in a fight with another student that day and that the school district officer opened fire after the teen acknowledged him and ignored commands to drop the knives.

“I do not believe that environment would allow Logan to have heard the police officer,” family attorney David Houston said.

A day after the shooting, Washoe County Schools superintendent Traci …Read the Rest

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