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A police officer fatally shot a 75-year-old woman with dementia in the doorway of her New Mexico home for refusing to drop two giant carving knives after threatening to kill her daughter.
The horrifying moment was captured on the cop's body cam after Amelia Baca's daughter called 911 and reported the woman was 'trying to kill me'.
Amelia Baca, of Las Cruces, was shot dead on April 16 by a nine-year veteran officer after her daughter called 911 and reported the woman was 'trying to kill me.'
'I really need an officer, an ambulance, or someone because my mother's getting aggressive right now,' her daughter, who was not identified, told a 911-operator.
'She's 75 and she has dementia. I'm hiding in a room because she is threatening to kill me...I have my little one here.'