A Baytown, Texas, officer has been put on paid administrative leave after shooting and killing a woman who said she was pregnant during a scuffle, police say
A Texas officer is on paid administrative leave after shooting and killing a woman overnight, police said.
The officer was patrolling an apartment complex in the Houston suburb of Baytown when he saw a woman he knew from previous encounters, Baytown police said. A family member identified the woman as Pamela Shantay Turner.The officer knew the 45-year-old woman had outstanding warrants and started trying to arrest her, police said.A witness' cell phone video captures the moments leading up to the shooting."I'm walking! I'm actually walking to my house!" the woman screams at him.
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