Those who know him call him the "gentlest person," but campus police said Monday that a 23-year-old student at a San Antonio-area Christian college took an officer's police baton and struck him before the officer fatally shot him. There is no dashboard video available, according to the university. The incident began when Cpl. Christopher Carter, a police officer with the University of the Incarnate Word in Alamo Heights, saw Robert Cameron Redus near campus "driving erratically at a high rate of speed" Friday, a university statement said. "Carter was obligated to pull the suspect over to ensure the public's safety," the statement said.
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Student hit police officer with officer's own baton, university says
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University says Cpl. Christopher Carter now on administrative leave
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Police: Campus officer said Robert Cameron Redus struggled with him
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Friends: Redus was co-valedictorian of Christian high school
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