FORT DODGE – A woman allegedly “armed with large knives” was shot and killed by law enforcement in Fort Dodge.
At 7:10 PM Tuesday, the Webster County Telecommunications Center received a 911 call from a resident in the 1500 block of 20th Avenue South in Fort Dodge, Iowa, reporting that a female was armed with large knives and was acting erratically.
Deputies from the Webster County Sheriff’s Office and a Fort Dodge police officer initially responded. During the interaction with law enforcement, the woman was shot and killed. The identity of the woman is not being released pending notification of relatives. An autopsy will be conducted by the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office.
The shooting is under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation at the request of the Webster County Sheriff’s Office. The deputies involved have been placed on administrative leave as required by departmental policy. No further information will be released at this time.
After a football game, everyone can tell you how the losing team lost. Sometimes they just lose. The woman attacked a police officer. The woman died. Move on.
A person can close 20 ft. In under 2 seconds. I sure wouldn’t want to be aiming for an arm or leg to stop them. I was riding with a police officer one night. A young white male was pulled over. I would have guessed there to be no problem. Turns out the person had a corn knife and a 22 pistol. How would you like to walk up to car windows every night and wonder what is going to happen?
O wait was she black ? Must not have been the Police station sant been burned down yet with the Democrats approval
Every officer is trained to meet deadly force with deadly force the day you don’t is the day the officer dies or someone else. Wake up people
Perhaps tasers or a shot to the legs or arm would have a better choice. This shoot to kill bullshit is just that.
It lessens the burden on tax payers.
it was her wish
Let’s have you drink 2 triple espressos, to simulate the adrenaline rush, so you can pull a side arm find your target and hit the legs or arm, because that’s a better choice. Remember, you only have 1.5-2 seconds to do this.
What, you can’t even find the target? Well, guess you got carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey.
Aren’t you the same people who say, all lives matter?