Robert Tyler White Wiki – Robert Tyler White Biography
Last week, when Justin White saw his brother for the last time, he gave him a cigarette. To him, his brother seemed a little “off”, but that was nothing unusual. “He always seems off,” he said.
A week later, the brother he called “Bobby” was dead. Robert Tyler White, 32, was killed by police outside Walnut Park Elementary School in Gadsden on Thursday morning. In the moments before his death, White had tried to enter the vehicles and the school building, police say.
Robert Tyler White Cause of Death
Etowah County Sheriff Jonathan Horton said a school resource officer who also works for Rainbow City police responded to the situation and asked other law enforcement for help. A physical altercation ensued, police said, and the man was shot and killed. The resource officer, authorities said, received minor injuries.
Justin said his brother suffered from depression and other mental health issues.
“He has some serious mental problems,” he said.
Justin, who is a year and nine days younger than his brother, said he found out about the incident on the news. He called a friend for more information and discovered that it was his brother who had been shot dead by police.
“He told me that my brother was screwed over there,” he said. “And he walked that way to school.” Justin said that he doesn’t believe that Robert Tyler White is trying to harm children.
“He was not a psycho trying to hurt children,” the brother said. “He was just a messed up individual. He had problems. But he wouldn’t hurt any child.
White said he believes his brother participated in what he called a “police suicide.” “I think he was trying to get himself killed,” he said.
Bobby grew up in Gadsden, Justin said, and even attended Walnut Park Elementary when he was a child. The two never had a close relationship.
“He’s been depressed and I know he was suicidal,” he said. “But he would never hurt anyone else.”
Justin said his brother had been a garbage man in North Carolina for eight years before moving back to Gadsden. Justin doesn’t think his brother ever got the mental health help he needed.
“Not really,” he said. “But I thought he was doing fine.” Still, Justin said yes: he was shocked when he found out that his brother had been involved in the incident at elementary school.
“But at the same time, no, because he’s a hothead,” he said. Now, without his brother, Justin White feels numb. “I’ve lost so many people in the last few years,” he said. “I’m not in good shape myself.”
Justin said that what happened to his brother was a tragedy. His mother sat in the living room listening as he spoke to CBS 42. She wasn’t doing well, Justin said. He couldn’t believe what had happened. “She was just a sick person and she was in the wrong place,” Justin said.
