NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk police officers shot a woman who pointed a weapon in their direction on Sewells Point Road Friday afternoon, Chief Mark Talbot told reporters.
The incident occurred in the 7600 block of Sewells Point Road, not far from the East Little Creek Walmart.
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Police responded to the scene where they found a woman who had previous been involved in an assault, Talbot said. They believed her to be carrying a firearm at the time.
The woman had a bag, which Talbot said officers repeatedly asked her to put down. Eventually, she took a "weapon" out of the bag and pointed it at the officers, prompting them to shoot.
The woman was struck and taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
No officers were injured and Virginia State Police is investigating.
News 3's Leondra Head spoke to one man who witnessed the shooting.
"The police said freeze and she didn’t freeze. Then she went in between cars and put her hand in the bag and pulled out a gun. That’s when the police shot. After the police shot, she went down," Panama King, a witness said.
