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LAPD shoots woman who allegedly pointed gun at passing cars
A woman was transported to the hospital after she was shot by police in Silver Lake. According to LAPD the woman was wandering the street and pointing a gun at cars passing by.
LOS ANGELES - A woman was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department officers in Silver Lake Wednesday night after she allegedly pointed a gun at passing cars, according to officials.
The incident happened around 8 p.m. on Silver Lake Boulevard near the northbound 101 Freeway, according to LAPD.
The department said the woman was shot after she had been allegedly wandering the street and pointing a gun at cars passing by.
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Video from SkyFOX showed first responders on the scene around 8:20 p.m., lifting a person onto a gurney. Officers said the woman was conscious and breathing, but provided no other information on her condition.
She was taken to the hospital where she died.
No further information was released.