Robert Tyler White, 32, was shot and killed by police on the morning of Thursday, June 6, 2022, outside Walnut Park Elementary School in Gadsden, Alabama. At the time a summer literacy camp was in session; roughly 34 children were inside the building. Concerned citizens reported a man later identified as White who was aggressively attempting to open several exterior doors and trying to force his way into a marked Rainbow City patrol vehicle parked on the campus.

The school principal kept the exterior doors locked and contacted the school resource officer, who confronted White. A physical altercation followed in which White reportedly tried to take the officer’s firearm. Additional Gadsden officers arrived, and during the confrontation White was shot and killed; the school resource officer suffered minor injuries. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation is leading the inquiry, with findings to be forwarded to the Etowah County District Attorney’s Office. White’s brother told media the decedent had serious mental health issues and had attended Walnut Park as a child.

Are there witnesses from the school or campus who can clarify the sequence of events that morning?