Posted on 04/14/2014 11:55:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Santa Clara police fatally shot a woman who they say started attacking them with a baseball bat.
Lt. Kurt Clarke said in a statement the officers, whom he did not identify, feared "for their safety," and fired at her about 4:50 p.m. Sunday in the 5000 block of Lick Mill Boulevard after they were called there because she called 911 "making threats to harm herself and others."
When they arrived, police said the woman came out of the front door and attacked the officers with the bat.
She was treated at the scene but died later at a hospital.
Download the free NBC Bay Area mobile app Clarke did not release any more details.
Fatal officer-involved shootings are unusual in Santa Clara. The last instance was in 2012 when a 42-year-old man was killed during a DUI investigation after he became "uncooperative" and reached for his gun, police said,
Was it a cheap WalMart bat or one of those expensive bats that allow little skinny kids to hit a ball 400 feet? Would hurt to get hit with one of those.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VABD3HW98jI
The police should have just given her first base, her avg. was “below the Mendoza Line”.
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