[kellyhound]

The Nevada County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday released video that shows a deputy fatally shooting a woman holding a knife as she chased after another deputy in front of her children two weeks ago.

A. S. E. C. was shot in front of her children on the afternoon of Feb. 4, the Nevada County District Attorney’s Office has said. The victim’s birth name was D. E. H.

The woman, 33, died at a hospital. No one else was injured during the encounter.

The fatal shooting occurred in the mountain town of Alta Sierra, just south of Grass Valley. Shortly after 1 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a person walking in the middle of the street with her two small children on Alta Sierra Drive, sheriff’s officials said.

Deputy Caleb Toderean and Deputy Matthew Harrison were the first to arrive and were involved in the fatal shooting. Toderean has worked for the Sheriff’s Office for four-and-a-half years and Harrison has been with the office for four years.

In the video, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said the woman immediately became upset after the deputies arrived, and she quickly pulled out a knife. Sheriff’s officials the deputies made repeated efforts to de-escalate the situation but were not successful.

The video shows the woman move her children behind her as she pulled out the knife from what appears to be some type of sheath. She told the deputies to stay away from her children as her voice quickly elevated to a scream.

“You’re not in trouble or anything like that ... I’m not going to touch your babies, but I need you to put your knife away,” Toderean told the woman.

“Don’t hurt my babies ... if something happens to me and my babies, everyone in the whole world will know,” she screamed at Toderean.

The video shows the woman get closer to Toderean as one of the children moved in that same direction. She told the deputy to get away from her child. Toderean repeatedly told her to back up and tried to convince her to talk to him.

At the same time, Harrison was holding a Taser and aiming the less-than-lethal weapon at her. Harrison also told her to back away and put down the knife.

“Listen, talk to us. Talk to us,” Toderean told her as one of the frightened children is heard screaming.

She then screamed at Toderean, “Kill me now, because they will find out the truth!” Toderean responded, “I don’t want to kill you.”

As the woman approached the deputy speaking to her, Harrison approached her from behind and appeared to have fired his Taser at her. She then turned around and started chasing Harrison.

The video shows Harrison running away with the Taser in his hand as she chased after him with the knife in her hand. Toderean then follows them, shooting her with his agency-issued handgun. She was shot from behind.

The video shows she fell forward on the other side of the road after she was struck by gunfire. She then turned around, writhing on the ground and still screaming.

As the shots were fired, the child who was previously closest to his mother ran along the side of the road to regroup with the other child. The children could be heard screaming as the mother and the deputies were across the street.

Toderean is then heard telling dispatchers that shots have been fired. He also told her again to drop the knife. The children ran into the street, screaming and crying, as they tried to get closer to their mother.

Toderean and a third deputy, who had just arrived, stopped the children and moved them back behind a patrol vehicle. The children were then placed in the back seat of the patrol vehicle with the help of a nearby resident.

Harrison remained with her before he was joined by the two other deputies. In the video, the deputies continued to tell her to drop the knife as she remained on the ground injured by gunfire shows. Harrison told the other deputies he had since dropped his Taser, and that the Taser “didn’t take.”

“She charged at me as soon as it went off,” Harrison explained about firing his Taser.

As soon as she dropped the knife, the deputies moved in to handcuff and begin to provide her with first aid. Sheriff’s officials said she was still responsive at the time. Medics in an ambulance arrived about four minutes later.

The resident remained at the scene helping to comfort the children as the deputies tried to help their mother, the sheriff said. Nevada County Child Protective Services later took custody of the children, Moon said.

Moon has said she asked the District Attorney’s Office to conduct the investigation immediately after the fatal shooting “to ensure the investigation remains independent from the Sheriff’s Office.” She said in the video released Wednesday that prosecutors will determine whether the fatal shooting was “justified and lawful.”

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[soyadude]

That was a really bad call on her part to escalate the situation and expose her kids to that. Now she is dead and her kids are scarred for life. If she just wanted to die she could at least do it without her kids having full view of it. God, those toddlers must have really been traumatised.

[DarthArchon]

One of the issue with taser, is that sometime the darts just bounce of clothes and become ineffective. Sad story, more to show that crazy Antifa type beliefs harm people indirectly.

[lucifer666]

100% justified.

[docfr8]

Absolutely terrible circumstances. Yes, its evident that she was very upset and unstable; Unstable enough to walk around with a knife with 2 little ones..

I understand her maternal instincts to safeguard her kids; She charged a deputy with a knife, there are deadly repercussions for that unfortunately

[s8n666]

cops played that correctly. What a terrible situation for those kids. Wow.

[noob1974]

Poor kids.. she obviously had Schizophrenia and maybe 2 tazers would have been enough if deployed before it escalated as she already had a knife drawn...

Tragic, but justified.

[Shadolife]

Nice post Kelly! Obvious mental problems, sad for the kids. A justified shooting

[ironmike]

Mental issues or jacked up on drugs. Poor kids...