A jail officer in Spokane, Washington, shot and killed a 70-year-old woman in the building's lobby
A 70-year-old woman was shot and killed at Washington's Spokane County Jail on November 4, according to the county Medical Examiner's office.
Nancy King, a 110-pound senior, arrived at the jail's entrance around 8 p.m. and buzzed several times to be let in by a receptionist, jail director Mike Sparber told the Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Spokane County officials said once she reached the lobby, King "moved aggressively" toward Sgt. Justin White, who demanded that she put down her knife before firing his gun, KXLY reported. The Spokane County Medical Examiner listed her cause of death as "gunshot wounds" and the manner as "homicide."
Nancy's nephew Jack King described himself to the Spokesman-Review as a "pro-law enforcement and I'm a law-and-order type person," but said he was confused by how she posed a safety threat. He also told the outlet he didn't know what would have brought his aunt, who he said suffered from mental illness and alcoholism, to jail on a Friday night.
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