GARDNER, Kan. (AP) — Two police officers in the Kansas City suburb of Gardner, Kansas, are on administrative leave after shooting and killing a woman during a reported disturbance at a house.
Olathe police say 53-year-old Deanne Choate of Gardner died at the scene of the shooting Thursday night. No officers were injured.
Police say after Choate’s boyfriend reported that Choate had fired a gun inside the house, two of the responding officers fired at Choate.
Police say one of the officers is a 10-year veteran of the police force, and the other has been with the department for a year and a half.
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GARDNER, Kan. (AP) — Officers have shot and killed a woman in eastern Kansas after her boyfriend called for help.
Olathe police identified the victim Friday as 53 year old Deanne Choate of Gardner. Police said the shooting happened Thursday night after the boyfriend told dispatch that his girlfriend had fired a handgun inside a Gardner home. The release said two Gardner officers shot at the woman upon arriving at the home. The woman died at the scene.
Neither officer was injured. They’ve both been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. Police said the two officers had a total of 11 ½ years of experience with the Gardner Police Department.
The release provided no other details about what led up to the shooting.
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GARDNER, Kan. (AP) — Officers have shot and killed a woman in eastern Kansas after her boyfriend called for help.
Olathe police said in a news release that the shooting happened Thursday night after the boyfriend told dispatch that his girlfriend had fired a handgun inside a Gardner home. The release said two Gardner officers fired at the woman upon arriving at the home. The woman died at the scene, and her name wasn’t immediately released.
Neither officer was injured. They’ve both been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
The release provided no other details about what led up to the shooting.