Officer shoots armed woman in North Carolina during ‘indecent exposure’ call

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — An armed lady was shot Saturday by a police officer investigating an “indecent publicity” name, in keeping with a information launch from Durham police.

Police bought the “indecent publicity” name about 5:40 p.m. and responded to the 100 block of Allagosh Drive, police stated. When officers arrived, they discovered a girl with a weapon, although police haven’t stated what sort of weapon she had.

“Through the incident, the feminine was shot by a responding officer and was transported to an area hospital for therapy of life-threatening accidents,” the information launch stated.

The capturing occurred on the Lex at Brier Creek flats alongside T.W. Alexander Drive in far southeast Durham close to U.S. 70, and the officer was not harm, in keeping with the Durham Fraternal Order of Police.

“The Durham Police Division officers concerned within the capturing have been positioned on administrative depart with pay, which is commonplace process in an officer-involved capturing,” the information launch stated.

Saturday evening there seemed to be clothes and furnishings — resembling chairs and a dresser — strewn out in entrance of the condominium unit that police have been investigating, and huge areas round a number of flats seemed to be surrounded by crime scene tape. By 7:30 p.m., not less than 4 Durham police automobiles have been nonetheless on the scene together with a half-dozen officers.

The incident is being investigated by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, which is commonplace process, police stated.

Police didn’t say whether or not anybody was charged with indecent publicity.

No different data was accessible.