Police in Gallatin, Tennessee recently released video showing a police officer fatally shoot a woman who attacked a Sumner County Sheriff's deputy with an ax.
Authorities were serving eviction papers outside a home in the 200 block of Chaffin Court off of Airport Road on April 6 when Laronda Sweatt confronted law enforcement while wielding a large ax, according to The Gallatin News Examiner.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation officials said that the 40-year-old woman attacked and injured Deputy Gary Pickard shortly before 9 a.m. after becoming combative. The deputy ran back to his cruiser and called for backup.
Three Gallatin police officers arrive and were confronted by the woman, who was still holding the ax.
Body camera footage shows Officer James Spray shoot Sweatt, who was later pronounced dead.
"From my understanding there were two shots fired," Gallatin police Chief Don Bandy told the newspaper. "Our officers were actually doing CPR on Ms. Sweatt. They were trying to assist until EMS got here."
