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The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office released body camera footage on April 8, 2026, showing a deputy fatally shooting a woman, who approached officers with a knife during an apparent mental health crisis.<\/p>\n
The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office released body camera footage showing a deputy fatally shooting a woman who approached officers while holding a knife during an apparent mental health crisis on Feb. 7.<\/p>\n
Karen Gomez\u2019s daughter called 911 to report that Gomez was possibly harming herself with a knife<\/a> around 4 p.m. at a home on the 18900 Block of NW 55th Avenue, the critical incident video shows.<\/p>\n \u201cOkay,\u201d dispatch said during the 911 call. \u201cNow tell me exactly what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n The girl responded through cries that her mom was locked inside a bathroom.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know what she\u2019s doing, but she\u2019s whimpering and I think she\u2019s hurting herself,\u201d the daughter said. \u201c…She says she eff\u2019d up her leg, and I\u2019m so scared, and I need help.\u201d<\/p>\n MDSO deputies arrived and found Gomez still locked in the bathroom, the video shows. They told Gomez they would break down the door if she didn\u2019t open it, but she refused.<\/p>\n Gomez can be heard screaming \u201cbreak it down,\u201d I cut myself,\u201d and \u201cI can\u2019t anymore,\u201d the footage shows.<\/p>\n For several minutes, deputies tried to convince her in both English and Spanish to leave the bathroom to receive help. One deputy eventually kicked the door open, another armed themselves with a taser. There were at least five deputies inside the bedroom and hallway near the bathroom, the footage shows.<\/p>\n Gomez walked out with a knife raised above her head pointed toward deputies, the footage shows. It appears the bathroom floor was covered in blood. She had cut both of her wrists, according to MDSO.<\/p>\n Deputies were shouting for her to drop the knife. One deputy discharged her taser while another deputy simultaneously fired his gun twice, striking Gomez. Neither of the deputies were identified by the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n Gomez, 52, was taken to a local hospital, where she died.<\/p>\n The incident is being investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, as is standard procedure in police shootings. The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a statement \u201creleasing this footage ensures everyone sees the sequence of events as they unfolded.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe recognize that incidents of this nature raise questions and concerns within our community, and I believe the public has the right to see critical incidents involving law enforcement,\u201d Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said in the statement.<\/a><\/p>\n