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S.A. Floyd
Gender : Female
Age : 67
Race : White
Date : 11/03/2023
Location : Unknown
City : Spirit Lake
County : Kootenai
State : Idaho
Agency : Kootenai County SO, SWAT, alleged helicopter support
Officer(s) :Specifically withheld
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Elderly blind woman killed during militarized SWAT eviction
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Kootenai County deputies were called to an alleged mental health emergency.
According to someone who knew Ms. Smith, she had been an elderly woman who was 95% blind, had been served a 60-day eviction notice which was then reduced to 30 days. She reportedly had run out of options. Five consecutive gunshots were heard by witnesses, suggesting suicide to be highly unlikely. A helicopter and SWAT armored vehicle added to the military racket causing distress to the whole community per eyewitnesses. They arrived and for unknown reasons, they fired shots at her. SWAT arrived. Police stated that the woman was “found dead in the apartment.”
Police are refusing to answer any questions about the incident and the police chief was confident on 11/10/2023 in an interview that his officers would be cleared from the incident and back to work shortly. A bodycam was eventually released, showing that the officer fired at least 18 bullets at a woman who was hiding in her bed with a pistol.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/nov/02/spirit-lake-police-respond-to-mental-health-call-r/
