Brielle Casillas
student at Pioneer Valley High School
“Being that I want to be a police officer, I feel the officers felt their lives were threatened, but they didn’t all have to shoot at once.”
Nathan Padilla
student at Pioneer Valley High School
“I think they did what they had to do. You’d be panicking in that situation.”
Jordana Juarez
unemployed
“They could’ve tried talking to him more before shooting him to see if they can change his mind.”
Jarett Rodriguez
manager at a golf course
“Instead of going straight to their guns, they should have talked him down more.”
This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 4, 2016.