Las Vegas police officer Derek Colling faced a packed courtroom Friday and stoically explained his decision to shoot a 15-year-old boy in the head on Sept. 29. ... Colling said the boy, who suffered from a mental disorder, left him with no other choice when he held a knife to his mother's throat and ignored commands to drop the weapon. ... "I did what had to be done," the officer testified at a coroner's inquest. "He placed me, he placed all of us in that situation." ... Seven jurors agreed and unanimously ruled the shooting justifiable.
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