A Longmont police officer shot and killed a woman who refused to drop her weapon, according to investigators. Police said officers responded to a report of a suicidal female at a house located in the 1500 block of East Third Avenue at 4:15 p.m. Thursday.
When officers arrived, they made initial contact with her, and as they were leaving the scene, they said she discharged a firearm in the garage.
That’s when investigators said officers tried to re-establish contact with her, and the Longmont Police Department dispatched additional resources to the scene.
According to investigators, officers attempted to negotiate with her, urging her to come out without any weapons.
Officers said after some time and further attempts to get her to come out of the property unarmed, she came out of the garage “brandishing a firearm” and was shot by an officer. Investigators said her weapon was recovered at the scene.
The woman was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
