Woman Shot by Kansas City Police Was Armed, Body Camera Reveals Amid Activists’ Outrage

Woman Shot by Kansas City Police Was Armed, Body Camera Reveals Amid Activists’ Outrage
Kansas City, Mo., police crime scene investigators gather evidence at the scene of a shooting in Kansas City, Mo., on Jan. 20, 2020. Luke Nozicka/The Kansas City Star via AP
Lorenz Duchamps
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A woman who was shot and wounded last week by police in Kansas City after she was spotted inside a vehicle that matched the description of one involved in an armed carjacking was holding a gun in her right hand, authorities confirmed.

Leonna Hale, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was seen in body camera footage holding a handgun, while also allegedly pointing the weapon toward officers who tried to arrest her in connection with the reported carjacking, court records state.

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