Death by Cop  2022-2024

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Stephanie Browne

Gender : Female

Age :

Race : White

Date : 02/15/2022

Location : 25300 block of Abacus Avenue

City : Lancaster

County : Los Angeles

State : California

Agency : LASD

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during mental health crisis

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

LASD deputies responded to a family disturbance involving a possibly mentally ill person. Upon arriving, the deputies engaged a woman who was in distress and holding a knife to her own throat. She got up and walked toward the deputies and they shot and killed her.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-15/woman-fatally-shot-by-la-county-sheriffs-deputy-near-lancaster

https://theavtimes.com/2022/02/16/lasd-woman-allegedly-charged-at-deputies-with-knife-prior-to-being-shot/

https://goodwordnews.com/the-fatal-shooting-of-a-deputy-near-lancaster-came-after-a-domestic-disturbance-appeal/

https://lasd.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Transparency_021522_SCV_DIS_Browne_Stephanie_Summary_031622.pdf

Bodycam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Bc-dc3sDM