ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The niece of a 92-year-old woman shot to death by police said her aunt likely had reason to shoot three narcotics investigators as they stormed her house.
Police insisted the officers did everything right before entering the home Tuesday evening, despite suggestions from the woman's neighbors and relatives that it was a case of mistaken identity.
The woman, Kathryn Johnston, was the only resident in the house at the time and had lived there for about 17 years, Assistant Chief Alan Dreher said.
The officers had a legal warrant, "knocked and announced" before they forced open the door and were justified in shooting once fired upon, he said.
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It seems to me that, if it is as they said and they knocked and announced as well as had a warrant, then the age doesn't make this any more eggregious than any other place where the officers might be shot at.
Police insisted the officers did everything right before entering the home Tuesday evening, despite suggestions from the woman's neighbors and relatives that it was a case of mistaken identity.
The woman, Kathryn Johnston, was the only resident in the house at the time and had lived there for about 17 years, Assistant Chief Alan Dreher said.
The officers had a legal warrant, "knocked and announced" before they forced open the door and were justified in shooting once fired upon, he said.
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It seems to me that, if it is as they said and they knocked and announced as well as had a warrant, then the age doesn't make this any more eggregious than any other place where the officers might be shot at.