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Real0ne -> RE: Police shoot and kill woman threatening suicide. (8/27/2017 7:55:51 PM)
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ORIGINAL: BamaD
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ORIGINAL: vincentML
The woman shot and killed by Sunrise police after she barricaded herself in her apartment for more than three hours was named Saturday as Kristen Ambury, 28.
Police were called to the Water’s Edge apartments complex at 4 p.m. Friday after getting a call about a woman who was home alone and threatening to harm herself, said Veda Coleman-Wright, spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
When they arrived at Water’s Edge, Sunrise officers learned that Ambury, who was described as suicidal, was armed, and Sunrise’s SWAT team responded to the scene, Coleman-Wright said.
When communication with the SWAT team and Ambury broke off, officers tried to enter the apartment to make sure she hadn’t harmed herself, but they encountered the armed woman and shots were fired, Coleman-Wright said. Ambury died at the scene and no officers were injured.
Residents living at the complex, just north of Oakland Park Boulevard and east of Hiatus Road, said it was a tense standoff, with as many as a dozen officers positioned near the scene and other officers at many corners.
Neighbors trying to drive to their apartments after work were denied access. Residents who had been walking outside were told by police to go inside their apartments and stay there.
One resident, who asked not to be identified, said Ambury often walked her two small dogs throughout the complex, and sometimes sat for prolonged periods near the edge of the canal behind her building.
The resident said she heard as many as five shots at about 7:30 p.m.
SUNRISE, Fla. - Kristen Ambury was a U.S. Army explosive ordnance specialist and an emergency medical technician. The 28-year-old war veteran worked for the American Heart Association, and trained others to save lives as a critical care paramedic for the American Medical Response.
The Broward College and Broward Fire Academy graduate trained to save lives. She worked with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and also loved dogs. She died when The Sunrise Police Department could not help her Friday.
Ambury's death comes at a time when the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is asking for more funding. President Donald Trump appointed Dr. David Shulkin, whose father served as a U.S. Army psychiatrist, to reform the troubled VA.
Veterans returning from Afghanistan, Iraq and other hostile areas of the Middle East "are not only at high risk of homelessness, but at high risk for suicide," Shulkin said during an interview with Local 10 News earlier this year.
Shulkin also said he had the support of Trump to improve health services for veterans. The president signed into law new measures meant to accelerate the appeals process for disability claims, make it easier to get rid of ineffective VA employees, and improve access to emergency mental health assessments.
Women veterans are more likely to have to deal with the added trauma of sexual and physical abuse suffered during their service. Post-traumatic stress disorder patients tell horrific stories of sexual assault, as the military struggles to punish non-active duty and retired personnel responsible.
Sunrise police officers didn't know much about Ambury's struggles when they responded to the medical call Friday. When they couldn't help her, they got some of their best trained officers to get Ambury to leave her apartment.
Ambury's family and neighbors said they knew she was in emotional pain and was going through a rough time financially. When law enforcement arrived, Sunrise officers told BSO deputies that she was holding on to her gun. In the end, she turned to her gun.
As Igor said, this is how we treat our wounded warriors. How sad is that?
The information above is from two different sources. You will have to Google them yourself.
So bottom line is
A the neighbors considered her enough of a threat to call police.
B The cops went in because they thought she had harmed herself. How would you be yelling if the police had sat outside while she bled out?
Then the cops would be wrong because they waited to long.
Shots were fired, sounds like the police weren't the only ones shooting now doesn't it?
No, more like the police went full commando on her ass.
No, they were dumb assed americans who thought the police would HELP, well they did they permanently put her out of her misery.
No, sounds like they blew her ass away plain and simple.
The witness told NBC 6 that she watched on her patio as SWAT attempted to get inside the barricaded woman’s home by ramming the door. Eventually, flash bangs were used and the door was rammed with a SWAT vehicle.
The witness said she heard five gunshot
In the United States, SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) is a law enforcement unit which uses specialized or military equipment and tactics.
SWAT units are often equipped with specialized firearms including submachine guns, assault rifles, breaching shotguns, sniper rifles, riot control agents, and stun grenades. In addition, they may use specialized equipment including heavy body armor, ballistic shields, entry tools, armored vehicles, night vision devices, and motion detectors for covertly determining the positions of hostages or hostage takers, inside enclosed structures.
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