Trending Topics

Wash. police shoot, kill BB gun-wielding woman during domestic

The woman told officers to shoot her several times

By Mike Lindblom and Sara Jean Green
The Seattle Times

LAKEWOOD, Pierce County — Police shot and killed a woman after she walked out of a mobile home and pointed a BB gun that resembled a regular handgun at officers, according to a Lakewood Police Department spokesman.

The dead woman was identified as Carolyn Moran-Hernandez, 46.

The shooting followed a domestic-violence call involving Moran-Hernandez and her partner at the Francis Court mobile-home park, in the 3200 block of South 83rd Street, at about 9:15 a.m. Monday. The partner, a 45-year-old woman, called 911 and reported that the couple were arguing, and she told dispatchers her partner was armed with a kitchen knife, said Lakewood police Lt. Chris Lawler.

Read more on The Seattle Times.