The man who was shot and killed by Long Beach police Wednesday night after jumping through a second-floor window was a nationally ranked debate competitor from Woodland Hills who was set to begin studies at Cal State Long Beach in the fall, his friend said Friday evening.

Feras Morad, 20, was unarmed, said Kamiran Dadah, also 20, who was with Morad when he was shot by an officer responding to a call from Long Beach firefighters requesting help with a man who was “acting violently.”

Morad’s name has not been released by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner or the Long Beach Police Department. Police officials did not respond Friday evening.

Morad aspired to become a lawyer, Dadah said. He graduated from El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills in 2013 and enrolled in Moorpark College where he had a 3.9 GPA, Dadah said. He got in to UCLA and UC Berkeley but decided to enroll as a transfer student to Cal State Long Beach to save money, he said.

Morad qualified for and competed in the 2015 Phi Rho Pi National Forensic Organization parliamentary debate. Morad left the debate with gold honors — the highest level possible, according to the organization’s records online.

He also competed in the California Community College Forensics Association State Championships this year.

While at El Camino, he competed in the Los Angeles County Orator’s Cup. In 2013, he became the second student in the school’s history to qualify for the National Speech and Debate Championship Tournament. He tied for 14th place but dropped to 16th after losing tiebreakers.

Police said witnesses told them that the man who was shot was acting strangely and was possibly under the influence of drugs, Long Beach police spokeswoman Marlene Arrona stated in an email Thursday. The witnesses said they had gotten into a fight with the man in their apartment that lasted 10 minutes before he broke loose and jumped through the glass of a second-story window.

Long Beach firefighters were first called to the scene at 7:28 p.m. to respond to a fall from a second floor in the 4600 block of East 15th Street, said Brian Fisk, a fire department spokesman. Police were dispatched one minute later.

Apartment residents went outside to try and help the man, Arrona stated. They were joined by neighbors, but the man continued to be aggressive.

An officer arrived at the scene and saw a group of three men in an alley, according to a police news release. As the officer began to exit his patrol vehicle, one of the men began to walk quickly toward him. He appeared to have a large cut on his body and was covered with blood. The officer told him he was there to help him get medical aid.

The man, now identified as Morad, continued walking toward the officer, who gave him commands to stop, according to the police department account. He began to walk more rapidly toward the officer, who perceived him as a threat.

During the next few minutes, the officer used verbal commands and less-than-lethal force, including an electronic control device such as a Taser, physical force and a so-called “impact weapon” to subdue the man but was unsuccessful, according to police.

The man started moving toward the officer again and said he was going to attack the officer, police said.

The officer shot in response.

Long Beach firefighters then began treating the man at the scene.

He was taken to an area hospital’s trauma center at 7:43 p.m., Fisk said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to clarify Feras Morad’s record in the 2015 Phi Rho Pi parliamentary debate.

Contact Greg Yee at 562-499-1476.