This is a terribly sad story. A 15-year-old boy has lost his life after point a BB gun at police, not complying to put it down and walking towards them with the hand gun replica still drawn.

The police shot and then frantically tried to resuscitate the young man but he died on the way to the hospital.

The Washington Post reported:

The teenager pulled a gun from his waistband and pointed it at the officers. They yelled for him to drop the weapon, according to a police statement, but, instead, the 15-year-old stepped forward.

Just before 3:30 a.m. Saturday, someone called 911 asking police to check on a boy standing in front of Torrey Pines High School, near the northwest corner of the city. The caller referred to the teen in the third person and said the 15-year-old didn’t have a gun.

Officers saw the boy as they arrived in the school’s front parking lot, according to the statement, but the situation escalated as they got out of their cars.

The teen “pulled a handgun that was concealed in his waistband and pointed it at one of the officers,” the statement said.

Both officers pulled their guns. They shouted at the boy to drop the gun.

But he ignored their orders and started walking toward the officers while still pointing the gun.

“Fearing for their safety, both officers fired their weapons at the male, striking him numerous times,” the statement said.

The officers requested help and began performing CPR on the teen — their frantic efforts conveyed by radio traffic, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. A dispatcher acknowledged that shots were fired and asked whether any of the officers were injured. An officer responded “negative” but told dispatchers that he and the other officer were performing CPR and that paramedics were needed “now.”

But the teen’s injuries were too severe. He was pronounced dead at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, Calif.

It turned out that the teen had been the one who had placed the 999 call.

The name of the teen or the officers involved has not been released but the community remains in shock as more details of the incident unfolds.