A metal pipe-wielding woman who allegedly assaulted at least four people leaving them with serious head and face injuries, was fatally shot by police Sunday in Tarzana.
At about 8:30 a.m., officers responded to several calls of an assault with a deadly weapon suspect in the area of Reseda Boulevard and Hatteras Street, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
The suspect, described as a woman in her 30s, allegedly attacked four victims along Reseda Boulevard with a metal pipe. When officers arrived on the scene, they encountered the woman near the parking lot of a gas station at Reseda and Burbank boulevards.
“Officers deployed a taser, 40mm foam baton round, and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” police said in a statement.
Paramedics rushed the woman to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The area of Reseda Boulevard, from Hatteras Street to Burbank Boulevard, was expected to be impacted for several hours for the investigation.