A suicidal girl was shot dead by police in The Florida Keys early Monday after she pointed a stolen gun at deputies. The deadly incident occurred on Stock Island.
A 15-year-old emotionally disturbed girl was shot dead by police in The Florida Keys early Monday after she pointed a stolen gun at deputies, law enforcement officials say. The deadly incident occurred at around 5:20 a.m. when the girl allegedly took the stolen gun, broke off an attached gun lock and walked to a remote location on Stock Island, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Stock Island is located to the east of Key West.
They were telling her to ‘put the gun down,’ ‘put the gun down,’ quite a few times,' the witness, who did not want to be identified, said. 'Then about eight minutes later than that, all the shots rang out.' The witness said he believed the girl fired the gun once before deputies arrived. The Sheriff’s Office says it immediately called for rescue and rendered aid. The girl was pronounced dead at Lower Keys Medical Center.
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