Police, armed with Taser, shoot and kill 66-year-old Bronx woman instead

At 66 years old, Denise Danner had a “history of erratic behavior,” according to her neighbors. On Tuesday, police were called to her Bronx apartment because she was naked and wielding a pair of scissors. A police sergeant who responded to the scene was able to talk the woman into dropping the scissors without harming her but, according to the New York Police Department, the woman then approached the officer with a bat after dropping the scissors. The officer then shot Danner in the torso. She was transported to a local medical center, where she died....
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