Police shoot woman in apartment complex – NBC New York

Police shot and killed a woman in an apartment building overnight in response to a reported mental health crisis in New Jersey, the state’s attorney general announced Sunday.

According to Attorney General Matthew Platkin, officers from the Fort Lee Police Department responded to The Pinnacle complex on Main Street around 1:30 a.m. after a man called 911 to get help for his sister.

In the call, the man allegedly said his sister was in crisis and needed to be taken to the hospital. He also said she was holding a knife, according to a news release from Platkin’s office.

After police contacted the 911 caller, they apparently opened the apartment door and found the man’s sister and a second woman inside. They “told the officer not to come in and to close the door,” prosecutors said.

Police then broke down the door and “as the nurse approached the officer in the hallway,” fired a single shot that struck the woman in the chest. She was taken to a local hospital but did not survive her injuries.

The attorney general said a knife was found at the scene. Platkin’s office said the investigation is ongoing.