Louisville police say officers fatally shot woman in ‘mental health crisis’ who charged at them with sharp object

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Louisville Metro Police officers shot and killed a woman Friday who allegedly charged at them with a “large, sharp object” at an apartment complex near Jeffersontown.

Deputy Chief Emily McKinley said patrol officers responded to the 9800 block of Vieux Carre Drive at 7:45 p.m. on a report of a person “experiencing a mental health or behavioral health crisis.” That’s off Shelbyville Road and South Hurstbourne Parkway.

Once on scene, officers learned there was 28-year-old woman with self-inflicted lacerations who was armed with a piece of glass or edged weapon and locked in a bathroom, McKinley said…

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