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According to theL.A. Times, theHollywood Reporterandother news outlets, it was the same Marquez.
The situation on the scene deteriorated over the course of more than an hour, according to a statement from the sheriff’s department:
While responding South Pasadena officers did find a woman “having seizures” who was “possibly suffering from mental health issues,” the woman allegedly “became uncooperative” and “appeared to be unable to care for herself.”
A county mental health expert was brought in to assist and authorities “continued to speak to [the woman] for over an hour and a half in an attempt to offer her medical care,” the sheriff’s department statement continues.
She was shot and killed about 1:48 p.m. after she allegedly “armed herself” and turned the apparent weapon on law enforcement, sheriff’s officials said.
South Pasadena police fired on her and she was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 2:36 p.m., according to the sheriff’s department and a coroner’s spokeswoman.
An autopsy is pending.
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The apparent weapon with which she had been armed, authorities said, was later confirmed to be a BB gun that looked like a semi-automatic handgun.
Officers were not harmed in the incident.
Further information about the shooting was not immediately available, including how many officers fired on the woman, the status of the officer or officers involved, their names and the extent of the woman’s fatal injuries.
A woman who answered the phone at the South Pasadena Police Department referred a reporter to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, who referred questions to their most recent statement on the case.
A spokeswoman for the L.A. County coroner could not immediately provide further details about the death investigation.
An email sent to the South Pasadena police chief was not immediately returned.
source: people.com
