ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who was fatally shot when officers say she fired at them from the back of a patrol car in downtown Atlanta.
The Fulton County medical examiner’s office on Friday identified the woman as 25-year-old Alexia Christian.
Major Darin Schierbaum said Thursday that two officers took her into custody when they saw her sitting in a stolen car in a parking deck.
He said the woman fired at the officers from the back of the patrol car. Schierbaum said the officers returned fire, critically wounding her. She died at a hospital.
Schierbaum said it’s unclear how the woman had a gun in the patrol car. Police are investigating whether she had been handcuffed.
Department spokesman Greg Lyon said the two officers weren’t injured.
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What the F? Usually police pat-down suspects when they are attempting to detain or arrest someone. Where did she get a gun to shoot at them? Why was she not disarmed before being placed in a police car?
Meet the officer…
“Schierbaum said it’s unclear how the woman had a gun in the patrol car. Police are investigating whether she had been handcuffed.”
LOL. Yeah…right…“how’d THAT get there?” Do we need to roll the footage from SC again?
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Yeah right she shot at the cops with her hands handcuffed in her back.But heck, there already was a guy equally handcuffed that managed to shot himself in the chest.
That was one bad ass woman. She’s locked in the back of a squad car but she’s going to fire on police officers standing outside.
Too many questions for this one. You can’t believe a word police say plus they are in the game of planting evidence.
The very best you can say about this is the police officers were incompetent when they placed an armed unrestrained person in the back of a patrol car. At the worst this story is entirely fabricated. Either way the Atlanta cops are going to back the officers involved.