Police tell FOX 5 Sheppard had been an increasing concern for the the 24 hours before the confrontation. He led a protest last week, where he stepped on and burned an American flag. In a cell phone video widely shared on social media around campus, Sheppard explained that he felt the flag represented “white supremacy and racism.”
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A Valdosta State University student, at the center of several controversial protests on campus, is now a wanted man, considered by police to be “armed and dangerous.”
Police search for wanted VSU student protester
The University notified students late Tuesday, that a gun had been found on campus, and “Unmistakable evidence has now been located by law enforcement linking the gun to Eric Sheppard.” At the time the email went out, VSU said Sheppard was in hiding.
Only FOX 5 was on campus Tuesday afternoon, when police knew exactly where Sheppard was, because they stopped him and were talking to him. In a confrontation with several officers, police accused him of making threats.
“You’ll are the ones making threats right now,” Sheppard told officers. You have guns; we have no firearms, no pistols.”
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