Police in a Florida park fatally shot an armed woman who “ambushed” them as they were searching for a drug investigation suspect, officials said.
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The shooting happened at Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Police responded to the park after receiving a report that the person they were looking for, a man, was seen there, according to a department news release Friday. Officers and a deputy with the Leon County Sheriff's Office were in the park when the woman “ambushed law enforcement and opened fire on them,” the department said. The officers and deputy returned fire and she was struck. She was taken to a hospital, where she died.A police department spokesperson said the drug investigation suspectthe Tallahassee Democrat reported. It wasn’t immediately clear if there was a connection between the man and the woman.
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