Video shows woman armed with knives being shot by D.C. police officer at scene of fire; woman reportedly stable: police (WARNING - GRAPHIC VIDEO) 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. A video shows a tense standoff between a woman armed with knives and the Washington D.C. police on Saturday night. CBS WASHINGTON A video shows a tense standoff between a woman armed with knives and the Washington D.C. police on Saturday night. The woman had moved toward the cops as several other witnesses appeared to tell her to drop the weapon in multiple cell phone videos. Police discovered the woman wearing a mask or goggles and holding several knives when they arrived at the reported fire at around 6 p.m., Lanier told the Post. The fire department is investigating what caused the blaze on the 5300 block, the newspaper reported. It’s not immediately apparent how the woman may have been involved, the newspaper reported. The video ends with a police officer apparently shooting the woman after she moves toward him. The woman was reportedly in stable condition at a nearby hospital. CBS WASHINGTON The video ends with a police officer apparently shooting the woman after she moves toward him. The woman was reportedly in stable condition at a nearby hospital. Dallas car dealership footage shows moment college footballer Christian Taylor broke into one vehicle and then drove another through forecourt window before being shot dead by cops The FBI has been asked to help investigate the death of 19-year-old Christian Taylor, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said Taylor was fatally shot by a police officer during a burglary call at the Classic Buick GMC in Arlington Arlington officer Brad Miller has been placed on administrative leave Police had been contacted by a company that manages security cameras at for the car dealership Authorities were advised someone drove a car onto the lot, started to damage another car, then drove his own vehicle into the glass front of the showroom View comments Surveillance video has emerged showing a Texas college football player damaging and breaking into a car at a dealership lot, before he was later shot dead by police. The FBI has been asked to help investigate the death of 19-year-old Christian Taylor, who was fatally shot by an officer during a burglary call at a car dealership, Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said Saturday. The footage revealed Taylor, wearing sunglasses, slammed a car window with his fist, before he walked a few steps away from the vehicle. Taylor turned around and began walking on the car's front hood -- and was caught on camera kicking the front windshield. Scroll down for video Footage: 19-year-old Christian Taylor turned around and began walking on the car's front hood -- and was caught on camera kicking the front windshield Footage: 19-year-old Christian Taylor turned around and began walking on the car's front hood -- and was caught on camera kicking the front windshield Extraction: Taylor is seen pulling glass out of the car at the Extraction: Taylor is seen pulling glass out of the car at the dealership parking lot Getting in: Taylor was filmed lowering himself into the vehicle through the windshield Getting in: Taylor was filmed lowering himself into the vehicle through the windshield Christian Taylor, 19, was shot and killed by Officer Brad Miller at the Classic Buick GMC dealership in Arlington, Texas early Friday morning Miller, 49, was in field training and was under the supervision of a police training officer at the time of the shooting Christian Taylor. 19 (left in a college photo), was shot and killed by Officer Brad Miller (right) at the Classic Buick GMC dealership in Arlington, Texas, on Friday. Police said they were responding to a burglary The woman was armed with knives and she refused commands to drop them when police encountered her, D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier said. The woman was armed with knives and she refused commands to drop them when police encountered her, D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier said. The woman was armed with knives and she refused commands to drop them when police encountered her, D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier said. Shocking moment armed with knives is shot in the streets by DC cop 'after she refused commands' Shocking moment armed with knives is shot in the streets by DC cop 'after she refused commands' Shocking moment armed with knives is shot in the streets by DC cop 'after she refused commands'

• published: 09 Aug 2015
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