Woman shot, killed by officers after suicide call

Victim’s 3-year-old daughter was inside home at the time.

A 32-year-old woman has died after three Cobb County officers responding to a suicide call shot her after she made a “very distinctive, overt action” with a gun, officials said during a news conference Tuesday.

Her 3-year-old daughter was inside the home during the shooting.

It was not immediately known if the woman fired at the officers, Cobb County police Sgt. Dana Pierce said.

Three officers were called to a home on Robin Hood Place just before 12:30 p.m. regarding suicidal threats, Pierce said. A fourth was also called to the home to assist with the investigation.

Pierce said the woman and officers had a “back-andforth conversation” and at one point the woman exited the front door of the home to grab a gun.

Police said the woman made threatening moves toward the officers, prompting three of them to fire.

“She did make a very distinctive, overt action toward them with that weapon,” Pierce said, “and that’s why they felt as though they were at risk of serious body injury or death.”

Pierce did not specify if she aimed the gun at officers.

The woman, whose identity has not been released, was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, where she died. The woman’s daughter is with family members.

Police have not said how many shots were fired or if the shooting occurred inside or outside the home. No officers were injured. The GBI, which investigates use-of-force cases, is looking into the incident. There have been 79 officer-involved shootings in Georgia this year, according to the GBI. In 2016, the agency investigated 77 officer-involved shootings.