LANCASTER, Ohio -- An officer fatally shot a woman early Thursday after police said she refused to drop her weapon and stop her approach.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Lancaster police received a 911 call from 703 Garfield Ave. at about 6:02 a.m.
The caller said a female was tearing up the apartment and had taken a couple of lamps and a sweeper into the bathroom.
The caller said the woman told him she was going to put them in the tub with her.
The dispatcher could hear yelling and screaming in the background, and the caller said the woman was hitting him.
The first-responding officer arrived at the apartment and determined the situation called for an immediate response, an official release said.
While the officer attempted to determine what was happening, the woman resident came at the officer with a knife, according to police.
The officer warned the female to drop the knife. The officer shot the woman with his duty weapon when she refused to drop the knife and stop her approach toward the officer, per an official release.
Medics transported the woman to the Fairfield Medical Center where she later was pronounced dead.
The woman later was identified by police as 29-year-old Misty Dawn Shook.
Anyone with information on the incident was encouraged to call LPD at 740-687-6680.
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