A woman armed with knives was shot by a Washington, D.C. police officer near a fire on Saturday night, police said. The unidentified woman was in stable condition at a hospital after the standoff nine miles east of the White House, The Washington Post reported. The woman didn’t drop the knives when officers told her to, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier told the newspaper.DC Police
Washington Post – 7 hours ago
A woman who was shot by a D.C. police officer Friday night after she refused to drop a knife had for weeks been using synthetic drugs mixed with PCP and yelled, “I’m ready to die” moments before the officer fired his gun, according to an arrest …
Washington Post – Aug 8, 2015
A knife-wielding woman was shot by a D.C. police officer near the scene of a fire Saturday evening in Northeast Washington, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said. Lanier said the woman was taken to a hospital, where she was reported to be in stable …
NBC4 Washington – Aug 8, 2015
Sources tell News4 the woman was shot in the shoulder. She is in stable condition at an area hospital, according to her sister. The house that caught fire was their mother’s, and another sister is charged with assaulting a police officer, which the …
New York Daily News – Aug 8, 2015
The unidentified woman was in stable condition at a hospital after the standoff nine miles east of the White House, The Washington Post reported. The woman didn’t drop the knives when officers told her to, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier told the …
Chattanooga Times Free Press – Aug 8, 2015
WASHINGTON — A woman was shot by a Washington, D.C., police officer at the scene of a fire Saturday evening in Northeast Washington. According to the Washington Post D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier said both police and firefighters were sent to a …
Fox News – Aug 8, 2015
WASHINGTON – A woman was shot by a Washington, D.C., police officer at the scene of a fire Saturday evening in Northeast Washington. The woman was armed with knives and she refused commands to drop them when police encountered her, D.C. police …
Huffington Post – Aug 8, 2015
The woman was armed with knives and she refused commands to drop them when police encountered her D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier told the Washington Post. Both police and firefighters were sent to a street about nine miles east of the White House …
Lexington Herald Leader – 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia woman shot in a confrontation with
police had recently been held for an emergency mental health evaluation. The
Washington Post (
http://wapo.st/1Nnori7 ) reports Renita Nettles was admitted to a hospital July 20
…
The Guardian – Aug 9, 2015
Police did not identify the woman or the officer who shot her on Saturday, and the cause of the confrontation remained unclear. The Washington Post reported that DC police chief Cathy Lanier said on Saturday that the woman had “multiple knives” and …
TheBlaze.com – Aug 8, 2015
Police and firefighters were sent to a street about nine miles east of the White House for reports of a fire, the Washington Post reported, citing D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier. But on the way to the scene, policewere told of someone there with a …
Washington Post – Aug 9, 2015
A D.C. police report obtained by The Washington Post says the fire had been intentionally set “using an open flame.” The report also says that Renita Nettles, wearing a pink baseball-style hat, pink shoes and goggles, was seen “acting very agitated …
The San Luis Obispo Tribune – 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Court documents indicate that a woman who was shot by a District of Columbia police officer had been using drugs and said she was “ready to die” before she was shot. Twenty-two-year-old Renita Nettles has been charged with two counts …
The Inquisitr – Aug 9, 2015
The Washington, D.C. police officer has his arms extended and is pointing his weapon at the woman who is wearing a pink baseball hat. Witnesses are heard screaming in the background, “put the knife down, put it down” repeatedly at the woman. A man is …
Christian Science Monitor – 2 hours ago
When Renita Nettles approached a police officer brandishing a knife in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, she reportedly declared that she was “ready to die,” according to court documents. Police reports say the black 22-year-old was shot in the shoulder …
W*USA 9 – Aug 10, 2015
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) — The woman who was shot by a D.C. police officer Saturday was charged with assault and arson, according to police. Renita Nettles, 22, of Northeast, D.C. was charged Sunday with assault on a police officer, assault with a deadly …
PINAC News – Aug 8, 2015
A 15-second video uploaded to Twitter shows a Washington D.C. police officer shooting a woman holding a knife as another woman yells for her to put the knife down. The video ends as soon as the shot is fired, but the woman was struck in the shoulder …
Washington Post – Aug 9, 2015
WASHINGTON — District of Columbia police say they are investigating any possible connection between a knife-wielding woman who was shot by an officer and a fire that initially brought officers to the scene. Police say the woman remained hospitalized …
Washington Post – Aug 9, 2015
WASHINGTON — A woman shot by a District of Columbia police officer remained hospitalized Sunday as police continued to investigate the circumstances of the shooting, including any connection between the woman and a fire that broke out shortly before …
STATter911 – Aug 9, 2015
Video shows DC firefighters found themselves stretching an attack line last (Saturday) evening through the line of fire as a police had his gun drawn on a woman with a knife. About 30 seconds later that officer fired a shot into the chest of the woman.
USA TODAY – Aug 9, 2015
D.C. Police Chief Kathy Lanier said the woman was armed with knives and when police told her to drop them, she refused. The woman continued walking towards the officer. Lanier said the officer fired one shot and then the woman was handcuffed.
TBO.com – Aug 8, 2015
Metropolitan Police Department Commander David Taylor said police were called to the scene at about 6:15 p.m. for a report of a fire. When officers responded they found a woman who was holding at least one knife, he said. Officers told her to drop the …
NBC4 Washington – 18 hours ago
The sister of the D.C. woman shot by an officer Saturday after police say she ignored commands to drop a knife has also been charged with assault on a police officer. After an officer shot Renita Nettles, 22, in the shoulder, her sister Arnita Nettles …
Press TV – Aug 9, 2015
A black woman has been shot and wounded by a US police officer in Washington DC after allegedly refusing to drop her knife. The woman was armed with a knife and was walking towards one of the policeofficers at the scene, Police Chief Kathy Lanier said …
W*USA 9 – 5 hours ago
Twenty-two-year-old Renita Nettles of Northeast, D.C. was shot by D.C. police on Sunday and is now out of the hospital. She is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. She was charged with assault on a policeofficer, assault with a deadly weapon and …
NBC4 Washington – 27 minutes ago
A woman shot by a District of Columbia police officer had been using synthetic drugs and PCP and told police she was “ready to die” before she was shot, according to court documents. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports. (Published Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015).
Mirror.co.uk – Aug 10, 2015
This mobile phone footage captured the moment a woman is shot in the stomach by police. Renita Nettles was waving a knife just a few feet away from the officer in Washington DC, in the USA. She ignores the officers request to drop the knife and the …
CBS Local – Aug 8, 2015
WASHINGTON (WJZ)– The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting after a knife-wielding woman refused to drop her weapon, according to WUSA9. It happened Saturday afternoon in the 5300 block of Clay Terrace in …
WTOP – 34 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Court documents released Tuesday say a woman who was shot by a D.C. police officer last weekend had been using drugs and said she was “ready to die” before she was shot. Court documents say 22-year-old Renita Nettles’ mother …
Washington Post – 22 hours ago
They reported that Nettles appeared “agitated” and was running in and out of the home, according to a police report. A witness told The Washington Post that Nettles carried one small knife and had others attached to her belt or pants. [Woman shot …
Celebrity Cafe – Entertainment News (blog) – 7 hours ago
… Washington, D.C. police said was armed with a knife, moments before she was shot in the shoulder by a police officer. Nettles has additionally been charged with assault on a police officer and assault with a lethal weapon. The D.C. Police Union is …
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