Kansas City police have fatally shot a woman who barricaded herself in a shed after she was seen outside with a sword.
The Kansas City Star reports that the shooting happened on Thursday afternoon in the north of the city.
Police Capt Lionel Colón says he doesn't know if the woman was armed when she was killed and that he hopes to have information about whether a sword was found at the scene later on Friday. He also says he doesn't know if the woman had left the shed or was still inside when she was shot.
Colón says he's "very confident it was a last-resort situation to ensure the safety of the public." Robert King, who lives nearby, questioned why police didn't use nonlethal force.
The woman's name hasn't been released.