Woman Fatally Shot by Police After Threatening Officers with Axe in Adelaide
A Taser failed to incapacitate the woman before she was shot by officers responding to a disturbance.
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Police in Adelaide, Australia, have shot and killed a woman who threatened officers with an axe, authorities reported Thursday. The incident occurred just before 2 a.m. on Gwynne Street in Firle, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide.
Responding officers arrived at the scene and encountered the woman, who was armed with an axe. Police initially attempted to subdue her with a Taser, but the device was unsuccessful. Following the Taser's failure, officers discharged a firearm, striking the woman. Despite immediate first aid rendered by officers and subsequent arrival of paramedics, the woman succumbed to her injuries at the scene.