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Carver said officers told the woman to “Put the gun down!,” but the woman did not comply.
The officers tried to disable the woman with a Taser and a pepper-spray gun, but “both were ineffective,” Carver said.
She did not know in what order the non-lethal efforts were used.
The woman then pointed the weapon at the officers, and officers fired, Carver said.
“If it’s a deadly situation and the less lethal tools don’t work, … then we have no other choice,” Carver said.
