This is actually a follow up to the post from this morning.... Turns out Crazy Woman was doing excatly what I thought she could be doing... barricades, gas lines etc... Weird.
PHOENIX -- Officials have identified a 32-year-old woman who was shot and killed by police Saturday after she allegedly stabbed an officer several times.
Police identified the woman as Katherine Hysaw.
Officials say police responded to a call of a subject threatening with a knife around noon at an apartment complex on 19th Avenue, just south of Glendale Avenue.
Police say neighbors reported the woman was threatening other residents with a butcher knife.
Neighbor Mike Rocha said the woman thought he was being loud and started pounding on his door.
"She was banging a toilet seat on my door," Rocha said.
Rocha and his girlfriend stayed inside their apartment, but when Celestina Berumen looked out the peek hole she noticed the suspect stabbing her front door.
Rocha said the couple got scared and called police.
"We have a 3-month-old," he said.
Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said when officers arrived the suspect had barricaded herself in her apartment. He said they tried to talk the woman out, but she had barricaded the door with a sofa.
Hill said when officers smelled natural gas, they broke through the door and Hysaw began throwing glass beer bottles at them, striking two officers.
Hill said officers tried using a Taser but it missed Hysaw.
As two other officers entered the apartment, Hysaw advanced on one of them and began striking him repeatedly in the upper chest with a large butcher knife, Hill said.
Hill said the blade was deflected by the officer's ballistic vest and neck protector. The officer fired two sage (rubber) rounds without effect.
Another officer, described as a 27-year veteran, fired his rifle twice and Hysaw fell back into the bathroom, dropping the knife, Hill said. She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
None of the officers was injured.
Neighbors said she only lived in the apartment for a short time and seemed agitated the night before.
When Rocha heard the woman had stabbed the officer he believed the shooting was justified.
"They did what they had to do," Rocha said.
The investigation is ongoing.
Police identified the woman as Katherine Hysaw.
Officials say police responded to a call of a subject threatening with a knife around noon at an apartment complex on 19th Avenue, just south of Glendale Avenue.
Police say neighbors reported the woman was threatening other residents with a butcher knife.
Neighbor Mike Rocha said the woman thought he was being loud and started pounding on his door.
"She was banging a toilet seat on my door," Rocha said.
Rocha and his girlfriend stayed inside their apartment, but when Celestina Berumen looked out the peek hole she noticed the suspect stabbing her front door.
Rocha said the couple got scared and called police.
"We have a 3-month-old," he said.
Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said when officers arrived the suspect had barricaded herself in her apartment. He said they tried to talk the woman out, but she had barricaded the door with a sofa.
Hill said when officers smelled natural gas, they broke through the door and Hysaw began throwing glass beer bottles at them, striking two officers.
Hill said officers tried using a Taser but it missed Hysaw.
As two other officers entered the apartment, Hysaw advanced on one of them and began striking him repeatedly in the upper chest with a large butcher knife, Hill said.
Hill said the blade was deflected by the officer's ballistic vest and neck protector. The officer fired two sage (rubber) rounds without effect.
Another officer, described as a 27-year veteran, fired his rifle twice and Hysaw fell back into the bathroom, dropping the knife, Hill said. She was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
None of the officers was injured.
Neighbors said she only lived in the apartment for a short time and seemed agitated the night before.
When Rocha heard the woman had stabbed the officer he believed the shooting was justified.
"They did what they had to do," Rocha said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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