Yeah, I read this, earlier yesterday ... the poor lil' waif was very confused ... and most likely despondent about what a mess he was. Hence, suicide by cop ... which, no matter how you cut it, imposes a personal hardship on the police officer who had to pull the trigger.
"Schultz was president of Georgia Tech's Pride Alliance and identified as non-binary and intersex. He preferred to be referred to in they/them gender pronouns, according to the Pride Alliance's website."
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence