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.