( CNN ) -- The shooting of an unarmed and naked Alabama university student killed in a late-night confrontation with a campus police officer appears to be unjustified , the lawyer for the young man 's family said Thursday . Part of the brief incident Saturday night that led to the death of 18-year-old Gilbert Thomas Collar of Wetumpka , Alabama , was captured on a surveillance camera outside the University of South Alabama police station . The video has not yet been viewed by reporters or the public , but the Collar family 's attorney , Jere Beasley , said , `` There is nothing on the surveillance tape that justifies the use of deadly force . '' Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran said Tuesday that Collar , naked , sweating profusely and acting erratically , showed up at the police station and began banging on the door and window . An officer came out , his handgun drawn , and started issuing orders to Collar while retreating backward across the back patio of the building , according to Cochran . After retreating for more than 100 feet , according to Cochran , the officer fired when Collar drew within five feet of him . Collar , struck once in the chest , collapsed and died at the scene . The incident unfolded over no more than 20 or 30 seconds , Beasley said . While Cochran said the police investigation into the shooting continues , Beasley said he questioned why the officer did not wait until backup arrived to engage Collar , who had no history of violence or drug use . He also questioned why the officer did not use either pepper spray or a baton in an effort to subdue Collar . The officer had access to both pepper spray and a baton , Beasley said , but he noted that campus police are apparently not certified to use stun guns . `` Had either a stun gun , baton or pepper spray been used in this case , we would n't be here today , '' he said . Both Beasley and sheriff 's investigators believe someone gave a substance to Collar that led to his erratic behavior . At Tuesday 's news conference , Cochran said witnesses told police someone had given Collar LSD sometime during the night . Beasley said it would be irresponsible to say Collar was on drugs until toxicology results are completed , which could take several weeks . He also said he doubted witness statements to police that Collar attacked occupants of two cars before reaching the police station . Cochran said Tuesday that a witness interviewed by police took a picture of Collar against the side of one car . `` One victim had advised that he had grabbed her arm and was trying to bite her on the arm and making weird noises and statements towards this victim , '' he said . Beasley said state Rep. Barry Mask , R-Wetumpka , will ask Alabama Gov . Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange to launch a review of training and equipment standards for university police departments statewide . Mask did not immediately return a call seeking comment . The death has , of course , been hard on Collar 's family , Beasley said . But he added they have forgiven the officer who fired the fatal shot , and are praying for him . The family will wait for the results of investigations before deciding whether to file a lawsuit against the school , Beasley said . `` The goal of the parents is to make sure that this does not happen again to any other student under like or similar circumstances , '' he said .
The shooting of an Alabama student appears unjustified , the family 's lawyer says . Attorney Jere Beasley says he questions training and standards for campus police . TL;DR A University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa officer shot a black student, who was unarmed, in the head during a traffic stop on Saturday. Gilbert Thomas Collar was naked and sweating profusely .