SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A corrections officer at the Spokane County Jail fatally shot a woman in the facility’s lobby, authorities said.
The shooting happened late Friday after the woman entered the jail’s lobby with a knife, The Spokesman-Review reported Saturday.
The woman repeatedly pressed a button to be buzzed into the facility around 8 p.m. and then began pounding on the door.
Jail Director Mike Sparber told the newspaper that the receptionist called a sergeant and unlocked the door in the moments before the shooting.
The names of the corrections officer and the woman have not been released.
Washington State Patrol is investigating.
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