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A university spokesman said he was fatally wounded about 1:30 a.m. Saturday after an officer heard a bang on a window and went outside to investigate.
Campus officials didn't give any indication that Gil Collar, 18, of Wetumpka had a weapon when he was shot.
A statement issued by university spokesman Keith Ayers said Collar, who wrestled at Wetumpka High School before enrolling at South Alabama, had assumed a "fighting stance" and chased an officer before being shot. The officer tried to retreat numerous times to defuse the situation before opening fire, the school said.
But sophomore Tyler Kendrick said campus authorities haven't provided any satisfying answers about why Collar was killed.
"Really, it just upsets me that there's no other way to apprehend an unarmed student rather than shooting him. I don't understand that," Kendrick said.
Joshua Frye said it seemed the officer could have used something other than a firearm to stop Collar.
"What I feel is that a cop has more than a gun ...," he said.
The officer was placed is on paid leave, and an autopsy will determine if drugs or alcohol were involved.
Campus officials said the confrontation was recorded by security cameras. The video and other information has been turned over to the district attorney and the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, which will review the shooting.
Collar was the second person killed on the South Alabama campus since last year.
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