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61-year-old girl shot by Anne Arundel County police
Anne Arundel County police shot a 61-year-old girl after investigators say she did not hearken to instructions to drop her gun.
PASADENA, Md. – Anne Arundel County law enforcement officials shot a 61-year-old girl Thursday after investigators say she did not hearken to instructions to drop her gun.
Police Chief Amal Awad stated officers went to a home on Gambier Harbor in Pasadena round 1:35 p.m. after receiving studies somebody shot and killed a cat.
Officers, Chief Awad stated, arrange a fringe and the lady stepped exterior with a handgun.
Awad stated the 61-year-old raised the gun sooner or later and refused to give up.
Officers gave repeated instructions for the feminine suspect to drop the firearm, she added, after which the suspect pointed the gun within the path of the officers.
That’s when officers shot the lady. The police chief stated she was transported to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in crucial situation.
A firearm was recovered on the scene. A cat was additionally discovered lifeless contained in the residence from an obvious gunshot wound.
Awad stated disaster response groups are available, however didn’t make clear in the event that they accompanied police to the home Thursday.
“They know that I totally help their decision-making in these very tense moments the place they should make fast, split-second selections which might be life-threatening,” she stated.
No officers have been injured and a few shall be placed on administrative depart pending evaluation.
Watch Chief Awad’s full press convention under:
