A woman is dead after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a suspicious person armed with knives in Deerfield Beach and were forced to fire.
Deputies said they received a call about a woman carrying large knives outside a Walgreens near South Federal Highway and Southeast 10th Street just before 7:00 p.m.
It’s unclear what was said between deputies and the woman or if the woman was threatening anyone with the knives, but a spokeswoman for BSO said at least one deputy fired their weapon, killing the woman.
“The police unit that’s out with the female can you advise?” was heard over the Broadcastify police scanner.
“Shot fired. Shots fired,” an officer responded.
Next to the woman was a shopping cart filled with belongings, but’ it’s not confirmed that the cart belong to her.
At this time, it’s unclear what the woman said to police.
“Investigators as you can see here behind me are still processing the scene, are still looking over the entire scene; everything that they can find, talking to witnesses, looking at video doing the best they can, with what they can,” said MG, with BSO.
Witnesses described the scene.
“A lady was stabbing a bag with a long knife and I think she went after the police,” one man said outside the Walgreens.
“I was coming down the stairs and I heard what sounded like gunshots and then I heard the cop cars just passing by very fast,” R A, who heard the gunshots, said. “It was the shooting and then the cop cars were right there, so I’m guessing, maybe they were already going after the person, because it was the shotguns and then I saw the cops, I heard the cop cars going right instantly.”
At this time, police have not released the woman’s identity.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will be investigating the incident, which is standard procedure for deputy-involved shootings.
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Source: wsvn
