Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed a woman Wednesday, June 3, in Dr. Phillips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to OCSO, deputies responded to a home around 1 p.m. in the 8200 block of Tivoli Drive, Orlando, in Dr. Phillips, regarding a woman in the street, screaming.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When deputies arrived, they knocked on the woman’s door, and she came out holding a knife, threatening to kill the officers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Deputies retreated back toward the street and ordered her to drop the knife several times,” Sheriff John Mina said during a press conference. “She refused to drop the knife and shouted, ‘I’ll kill you,’ as she continued to advance.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
That’s when three deputies fired their guns, striking the woman.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Deputies provided first aid until paramedics arrived, and she was transported to the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She died.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The three deputies now are on administrative paid leave until investigations on the shooting are completed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mina said since the incident, OCSO found out the woman had been Baker Acted throughout Florida in different jurisdictions, though it is not clear what her condition was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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