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Melissa Boarts
United States · Aged 36 · Died 04/03/2016
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Police received a call about a possibly suicidal woman with a history of mental illness, threatening to hurt herself with a pocket knife. They made visual contact with her on the Interstate moving south toward Auburn and pulled her over when she exited on Red Creek Road. The woman allegedly got out of her car and charged at officers, who opened fire, killing her at the scene.
Alleged responsible partyAuburn Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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