Woman fatally shot by police in her Fort Lee, New Jersey apartment building
FORT LEE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Officials are investigating after police say an officer shot and killed a woman in her building in New Jersey.
The woman was shot in the chest after she reportedly charged at them with a knife in the hallway of her Fort Lee apartment early Sunday just before 1:30 a.m.
Officers were responding to a 911 call about the woman having a mental health crisis holding a knife.
The woman was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
A knife was recovered at the scene.
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