TX - Austin Police Fatally Shoot Woman After Mental Health Call

The woman went down after being shot, but police said the woman was still moving and the gun was underneath her at which point the two officers called for backup.

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bluesneakers said:

So this link says it was a gun and she's the one who approached them.

And they shot her after she'd been shot and the gun was underneath her?



I don't get it but her husband is lucky she didn't shoot him.

http://www.kvue.com/mb/amp/news/local/police-shoot-and-kill-woman-in-s-austin/336512020

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Tawny said:

I don't know what the answer is, but there has to be a better way

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Both Micah Dsheigh Jester, 26, and her father, Keith Ray Jester, wielded toy guns when police shot them. Micah Jester, a Lubbock native, held a BB gun that closely resembled a semi-automatic pistol, while Keith Jester had a toy gun that looked like a snubbed-nose .38 revolver.

Family members said that while the father and daughter were never close, his killing had always been present in Micah Jester’s mind and had a great impact on her.

“She was obsessed with his death,” her sister Leigha Jester said.

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Austin police responded to the South Austin apartment complex where Jester lived after her longtime boyfriend called 911 early Sunday and reported that she was in distress. He specifically requested a mental health expert to respond.

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“We are not trained mental health clinicians,” he said. “However, when these problems come to the forefront and bubble up to the surface… (people are) going to pick up the phone and call 911. Who responds? The police.”

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