The world according to Riff.

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 (Do what????)

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 one or two rounds, Dyer said. The student reportedly died within a few minutes. (What the hell is the problem with kids lately, 6 on one beating sprees over trivial matters, jenna 6, florida you tube beating, another girl getting stomped until her hip was broken...ect...)

"The officer was fortunate that he was able to defend himself," the chief said.(I should say so)

The reason for the attack was not immediately known. Dyer said there was no history of run-ins between the student and the officer, who was employed by the police department as the school's resource officer. (Don't matter if there was a history, this kid played with fire and got burnt)

The student was described as a longtime Fresno resident who recently transferred to the school.(recent transfer...I wonder why?)

The officer was released from a local hospital Wednesday afternoon after being treated for a two-inch gash on the right side of his head, police said. He will be placed on administrative leave while the department reviews his conduct, Dyer said.(I hope it's with pay)

The campus was locked down after the shooting. Students were allowed to leave as their parents arrived.

Dana Vasquez, a 14-year-old freshman, was on her way to physical education class when the situation erupted in an outdoor hallway between two classrooms.

"I just saw a bat swinging in the air and heard a gunshot and then I just started running," Vasquez said. She was visibly shaken when she left the school holding her mother's arm.

The violence that is so prevalent these days is out of control, children who should be home trying to study, or working a partime job, are out getting pregnant, stealing cars, drugging, thugging, and this latest rash of teenagers doing such heinous acts lately, is horrible..They have no fear of consequence, popular media puts them on a pedastal, they are the heros in movies, the glorified focus of a lot of music....Unfortunately this kid will never get to grow up and be a father, or husband, or coach little league, or get married, or go to college and become a Doctor or chemist or architect, botanist, or anything!!..Why? Because for whatever reason he did a something stupid and paid the ultimate price. I really hope they leave the cop alone on this one. He has to deal with the fact that he had to shoot a child. I don't blame him at all, he was defending himself from a deadly attack, but it is still sad....riff