BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hamburg police identified the woman fatally shot by an officer Friday following multiple home break-ins and an altercation with authorities as 36-year-old Lisa Haight of Jamestown.
The shooting took place around 11 a.m. when police responded to a report of a burglary on Willet Road. The burglary victim told them a woman, now identified as Haight, broke into her home and then escaped into the surrounding woods, according to police.
Police said Haight then broke into a second residence on McKinley Parkway, where officers encountered her inside the home’s bathroom and an altercation ensued, which resulted in an officer firing his weapon and striking the woman. Officers administered first aid until EMS arrived, but Haight was declared dead at the scene.
Authorities also confirmed Saturday that a short time before the shooting, Haight was riding in a van on I-90 and “repeatedly and without provocation” stabbed a passenger in the vehicle, causing serious injuries to the victim’s face, shoulder and head. Haight then exited the van shortly before the first burglary.