Police Shoot (and kill) Woman At Modesto Elementary School

[Kadie]

Dec 15, 2009 2:59 pm US/Pacific
Police Shoot Woman At Modesto Elementary School


MODESTO (CBS13) ― A woman has been shot by police at a Modesto elementary school after the woman walked onto campus with a large knife and began "injuring herself", according to Modesto police.

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The woman came onto the school campus with a large knife and was "injuring herself". According to police, responding officers shot the woman, "eliminating the problem". She was taken to the hospital with a gun shot wound to the head.

No children were hurt. The school was immediately put on lockdown at the time of the shooting. The children are now being released classroom by classroom.

http://cbs13.com/local/modesto.elementary.school.2.1371879.html



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Dec 15, 2009 2:59 pm US/Pacific

Police Shoot And Kill Woman At Modesto School

MODESTO (CBS13) ― A woman has been shot and killed by police at a Modesto elementary school after the woman walked onto campus with a large knife and began "injuring herself", according to Modesto police.

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The woman came onto the school campus with a large knife and was "injuring herself". According to police, responding officers shot the woman, "eliminating the problem". She was taken to the hospital with a gun shot wound to the head. and was later pronounced dead.

The woman's identity has not yet been released.


http://cbs13.com/local/modesto.elementary.school.2.1371879.html


another source...


Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Woman At Modesto School
No Children Hurt At Catherine Everett Elementary School

POSTED: 2:20 pm PST December 15, 2009
UPDATED: 3:55 pm PST December 15, 2009

MODESTO, Calif. -- An officer shot a woman Tuesday afternoon who was armed with a knife at a Modesto elementary school, police said. No children were injured.

Sgt. Brian Findlen of the Modesto Police Department said there was an officer-involved shooting at Catherine Everett Elementary School. The school is located at 1530 Mount Vernon Drive.

Findlen said at about 2 p.m., police got a call that a woman with a knife was acting in a bizarre fashion on school grounds.

Officers responded and found it necessary to use deadly force, Findlen said.

According to a photographer at the scene, police said a woman was waving a meat cleaver around, but he didn't know if she threatened officers.

http://www.kcra.com/news/21976178/detail.html