LBREPORT.com Learns CSULB-Bound Scholarly Community College Debate Competitor Feras Morad Ingested Hallucinogenic Mushroom(s) Prior To Tragic Chain of Events; Leaped From Apt. Window, Tasered Without Effect, Ultimately Killed In LBPD Shooting (4600 block E. 15th St.)

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LBREPORT.com Learns CSULB-Bound Scholarly Community College Debate Competitor Feras MMorad Ingested Hallucinogenic Mushroom(s) Prior To Tragic Chain of Events; Leaped From Apt. Window, Tasered Without Effect, Ultimately Killed In LBPD Shooting (4600 block E. 15th St.)

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(May 30, 2015, 5:21 p.m.) -- LBREPORT.com has learned that Feras Morad, 20, a scholarly college-level debate competitor preparing to transfer from a Ventura County community college to CSULB this fall, ingested a hallucinogenic mushroom(s) [psilocybin or the like] while at a CSULB student's East Long Beach apartment with a small number of friends. A tragic chain of events followed that escalated to an LBPD shooting in which Mr. Morad was killed.

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After ingesting the hallucinogenic mushroom(s), LBREPORT.com is told that Mr. Morad began acting as if he were having an anxiety attack, which friends tried to but couldn't calm. He jumped out of an apartment window (through its glass), bloodied himself and an LBPD response followed in which the officer used a taser (one miss, a second with no effect) and shouted commands without results. A person present says friends shouted to the officer that Mr. Morad was unarmed before an LBFD paramedic directed them away from the scene. From a distance, three shots were heard (4600 block E. 15th St.) from which Mr. Morad did not survive.

Mr. Morad was described by friends and on Facebook as a gentle, kind and thoughtful young man who scored highly in a 2015 national forensic debate competition. He also competed in a statewide community college debate championship this year. While still attending high school in Woodland Hills, Mr. Morad participated in a national speech and debate championship tournament.

Friends say that although he was accepted to UCLA and UC Berkeley, Mr. Morad chose to attend Moorpark Community College and transfer to CSULB to conserve funds.

Further to follow on LBREPORT.com.