New York officer shoots woman who charged him with baseball bat: police
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="sergeant">sergeant</span> <span word="fatally">fatally</span> <span word="shot">shot</span> <span word="a">a</span> 66-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="baseball">baseball</span> <span word="bat">bat</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="prompting">prompting</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Taser">Taser</span> <span word="instead">instead</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="assistant">assistant</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Bronx">Bronx</span> <span word="Borough">Borough</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Ruben">Ruben</span> <span word="Diaz">Diaz</span> <span word="Jr">Jr</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shooting">shooting</span> <span word="an">an</span> "<span word="outrage">outrage</span>."</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="follows">follows</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="string">string</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="incidents">incidents</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="enforcement">enforcement</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="heightened">heightened</span> <span word="scrutiny">scrutiny</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lethal">lethal</span> <span word="force">force</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="minorities">minorities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mentally">mentally</span> <span word="ill">ill</span>.</p><p><span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span> <span word="evening">evening</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="emergency">emergency</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="emotionally">emotionally</span> <span word="disturbed">disturbed</span> <span word="person">person</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bronx">Bronx</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="neighbor">neighbor</span> <span word="complained">complained</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="acting">acting</span> <span word="irrationally">irrationally</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="assistant">assistant</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="Larry">Larry</span> <span word="Nikunen">Nikunen</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="sergeant">sergeant</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="clutching">clutching</span> <span word="scissors">scissors</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bedroom">bedroom</span>, <span word="Nikunen">Nikunen</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="sergeant">sergeant</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span>, <span word="convincing">convincing</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="scissors">scissors</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="toward">toward</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="picking">picking</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="baseball">baseball</span> <span word="bat">bat</span>, <span word="Nikunen">Nikunen</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="As">As</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="attempted">attempted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="strike">strike</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sergeant">sergeant</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="fired">fired</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="shots">shots</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="revolver">revolver</span>, <span word="striking">striking</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="torso">torso</span>," <span word="Nikunen">Nikunen</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="Police">Police</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="investigating">investigating</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sergeant">sergeant</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Taser">Taser</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="woman">woman</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="fire">fire</span>, <span word="Nikunen">Nikunen</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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