SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff’s deputy in Florida fatally shot a 63-year-old woman when she refused orders to drop a knife on Sunday evening.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home around 5 p.m Sunday to investigate a report of a woman armed with a knife, officials said in a statement on Twitter.
Investigators said Adrean Stephenson had left the home, but was found a short distance away, officials said.
Sheriff’s officials said Stephenson brandished a knife and confronted deputies who approached her. When she refused to drop the knife, they used a stun gun, which was not effective, reports said.
The woman continued to ignore demands to drop the knife and moved toward deputies. That’s when another deputy fired a gun. She died at the scene, investigators said.
An investigation is underway.
No one else was injured and no additional details have been released.
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