Woman dies after face-off with police

A woman was fatally shot by Johns Creek police Saturday morning during an encounter on Abbots Bridge Road near Sweet Creek Road.

Police were dispatched to the site at 7 a.m. after a 911 call from an address on Windherst Lane reported a “demented person” armed with a knife.

The Johns Creek officers encountered the woman near Northview High School. According to public information officer Capt. Chris Byers, “several attempts were made to de-escalate the encounter through the use of less lethal force” including the use of a Taser and a foam impact round, but the suspect refused to drop the knife.

Officers then fired on the woman.

After the woman was struck, the responding officers “immediately applied lifesaving measures and she was transported to Emory Johns Creek Hospital, where she was pronounced dead,” Byers said.

Officials had the intersection of Abbots Bridge and Sweet Creek Road blocked for several hours Saturday after the shooting.

Neither the woman nor officers were identified on Saturday afternoon.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene and has assumed the lead in the investigation, Byers said. The officers involved in the incident are on administrative leave pending the conclusion of the investigation.