A Longmont police officer shot and killed a woman late Thursday after she reportedly brandished a gun. Police said the woman wanted to kill herself.
Police responded to a report of a suicidal woman at 4:15 p.m. Thursday in the 1500 block of East Third Avenue. After she fired a gun in the house’s garage, police called for backup and ordered people near East Third Avenue and Great Western Drive to shelter in place around 5:08 p.m., according to a .
Crisis negotiators, including officers trained in the Crisis Intervention Team response for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis, negotiated with the woman for “an extended period of time,” according to a Friday afternoon .
Later, an officer shot the woman after she “emerged from the garage brandishing a firearm,” according to an earlier . Police later said the officer was a member of the department’s SWAT team.
The woman was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to the post. The police presence, which spokesperson Rogelio Mares , remained on scene for at least eight hours to investigate the incident.
The shelter-in-place order that warned of an armed subject was lifted at 7:15 p.m., according to a .
Reddit posts discussing the police activity in the area show law enforcement in tactical gear, and police blocking off the area.
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The officer who shot the woman was put on administrative leave pending an investigation by the , a Boulder County District Attorney’s Office team which reviews police shootings. Putting an officer on leave after a shooting is department policy for such incidents, the post states.
Longmont police will not participate in the investigation into the use of deadly force, the post states.
Anyone who saw the incident and hasn’t spoken to police is asked to call the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office tip line 303-441-3674 and reference Longmont Police Report #26-3498, the post states.
A Longmont police officer has not been investigated for shooting a person since May 2024, when Officer Kristopher Ford shot and wounded Lorenzo Richardson in an assault case, according to Boulder County District Attorney’s Office records. District Attorney Michael Dougherty at Richardson to be justified.
No Longmont officer has been investigated for fatally shooting someone since September 2018, when an officer shot and killed Gillie Thurby III after he reportedly started to point a handgun at multiple officers. The officer who shot Thurby was found to be justified, according to a .
Information about the woman who was killed and the officer who shot her was not immediately available.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
