Araceli Arias

Deadly force

Police responded to reports of a woman with a gun threatening to kill herself in the backyard of a home shortly after 2 p.m. The woman was holding a machete and a handgun, police said. Officers arrived and saw a man and woman struggling over the firearm. Fearing the woman would harm the man, officers and a police dog entered the backyard. Once inside the backyard, a dog attacked the police dog, and officers shot and killed the family pet. Officers found the woman armed with a handgun and metal pipe. She advanced toward the officers and refused to put down her weapons, and police shot and killed her.