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PHOENIX (AP) — PHOENIX police say officers shot and killed a woman after she pointed a handgun at them.
Sgt. Maggie Cox says the shooting occurred Monday around 12:15 a.m. when officers conducting a traffic stop in west Phoenix suddenly heard gunfire.
Cox says a female officer heading toward where the shots were heard was flagged down by a woman.
The officer asked the woman if she was armed and to reveal her waistband. Police say the woman said she wasn't armed but appeared to be concealing a weapon on her right side.
According to authorities, she refused other officers' commands and turned toward them while pointing a handgun.
Cox says that is when two officers shot her.
Officers administered first aid until paramedics arrived. The 47-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a hospital. Her name was not released.
A handgun was recovered at the scene.