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70-Year-Old Woman Shot and Killed After Lunging at Officers with Knife, Police Say
- Baltimore police fatally shot a 70-year-old woman on Wednesday after she lunged at officers with a knife at a home on Mosher Street in West Baltimore.
- Officers responded to the house following about 20 behavioral health-related calls this year, including the call on Wednesday afternoon just after 2:30 p.m.
- When officers tried to de-escalate, the woman disregarded commands, brandished a knife, lunged at an officer who fell, and continued advancing despite ineffective use of a taser.
- Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said, "Unfortunately, too many of them end up with the use of force," and the woman was shot twice by a third officer and later pronounced dead.
- The Baltimore NAACP called for a new response standard that emphasizes de-escalation, mental health expertise, and preserving life amid a nationwide behavioral health crisis highlighted by multiple recent police shootings.
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70-year-old woman shot and killed after lunging at officers with knife, police say
By JT Moodee Lockman, Kelsey Kushner, Adam Thompson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A 70-year-old woman was shot and killed by officers after she lunged at them with a knife Wednesday in West Baltimore, police said. Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said officers responded to a home in the 2700 block of Mosher Street where a woman was having a behavioral health crisis. Worley said at some point, the woman pu…
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