Two Off-Duty Police Shoot, Kill Naked Woman
Authorities say she was armed but don't indicate with what.
Two off-duty Florida law-enforcement officers fatally shot an armed, naked woman who confronted them at a social gathering Saturday, authorities said.
The shooting occurred at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday in Hernando County, north of Tampa. The county sheriff's office said in a news release that the men were approached by an "armed, naked and irrational female." The news release does not identify the weapon, but it says "one or both of the law enforcement officers fired their weapons, striking the female." She died at the scene.
Both officers have been placed on administrative leave as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the shooting in the Spring Hill community.
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the men were approached by an "armed, naked and irrational female."
There's another kind?
The Venus de Milo seems pretty rational
"Help, some man just tried to rape me! He's in the bathroom, I jabbed at his eyes and got his gun from him..."
"Everybody down, she's got a gun!"