WASHINGTON (AP) – A woman was shot by a Washington, D.C., police officer at the scene of a fire Saturday evening in Northeast Washington.
According to the Washington Post (http://wapo.st/1gnNEhg ) D.C. police chief Cathy L. Lanier said both police and firefighters were sent to a street about nine miles east of the White House for reports of a fire. She said on the way to the scene police were told of someone there with a knife.
Lanier said the woman refused commands by police to drop it before she was shot.
Lanier said the woman was taken to a hospital where she was reported in stable condition.
A fire department spokesman said the cause of the fire was under investigation. It was not clear what connection the woman may have had with it.
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