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A Fort Worth police officer on Wednesday night fired a gun one time upon a civilian when the officer feared the woman may have been reaching for a gun inside a purse, according to the police department.<\/p>\n
The woman, Leandra Johnson, 32, was not shot, and no gun was found inside the purse, on Johnson or at her residence, police said.<\/p>\n
Johnson matched a 911 caller\u2019s description of a person shooting a gun about 8:45 p.m. into trees in the 1700 block of Belshire Court in far south Fort Worth, police said. The call taker also reported hearing gunshots.<\/p>\n
Officers tried to approach and detain Johnson, but she ran away, according to police. The officers told Johnson to stop; she allegedly continued running.<\/p>\n
At least one officer saw Johnson begin to reach inside a purse that she was holding, and the officer fired at her, police said.<\/p>\n
Johnson, who police said was not injured, stopped and was taken into custody. She was arrested<\/a> on suspicion of evading arrest.<\/p>\n Officers wanted to search for a gun at Johnson\u2019s residence. She was running toward the home when she was taken into custody, police said.<\/p>\n Johnson\u2019s husband declined to leave the residence as officers were trying to execute a search warrant, and SWAT officers went there, police said. Ammunition found inside the residence matched an ejected cartridge casing found at the shots-fired scene, police said.<\/p>\n Johnson was being held Thursday in the Fort Worth Police Department Detention Facility, according to jail records. A defense attorney representing her in the case is not yet listed in online records.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n
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