‘It went from zero to 100′: Balcones Heights chief says after officers shoot, kill woman

Marta Lamar Prater, 49, died Saturday night after being shot in the neck and head by a Balcones Heights police officer.

The Balcones Heights Police Department sits inside this building, which also houses city hall. Chief John Jahanara says his officers had no choice but to shoot and kill Marta Prater, 49.– Balcones Heights ’ police chief said a deadly confrontation in which his officers shot and killed a woman this weekend escalated especially quickly.as Marta Lamar Prater, 49, was shot dead at an abandoned car wash in the 200 block of N. Crossroads Boulevard on Saturday night.

Jahanara says after the officer told Prater to gather her possessions and leave the area, he suddenly heard the back window of his patrol car explode. “It was a pair of scissors attached to a tow strap, a nylon rope, and swung it at him,” Jahanara said. “It became to an escalation where the individual chased one officer, swinging that weapon.”

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