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FRESNO, Calif. — A police officer shot and killed a high school student Wednesday after the teenager attacked the officer with a baseball bat on campus, authorities said.
The officer fired after the 17- year-old boy at Roosevelt High School came up behind the officer and hit him in the head with the bat, according to Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer.
The officer fell down dazed, and reached for the gun in his hip holster, but the clip fell out. As the student came at him a second time, the officer grabbed a handgun from his ankle holster and fired, Dyer said. The student reportedly died within a few minutes.
The reason for the attack was not immediately known. Dyer said there was no history of run-ins between the student and the officer.
