Jo Ann Burgett

Deadly force

Officers Miguel Vasquez and Kyle Brandon responded to a trouble call at about 7 p.m. at the Shady Acres mobile home park. Police said they found Jo Ann Burgett standing in the middle of the street with an open knife in her hand and a broken beer bottle at her feet. The officers shot Burgett several times, killing her, after she allegedly refused to drop the knife and advanced toward them, daring them to shoot. One bullet reportedly hit an occupied trailer 200 feet away. The shooting outraged Burgett's neighbors in the park, as well as Flint City Councilwoman Carolyn Sims, who called it a "senseless murder."