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Three months later, officials confirm blind woman was shot, killed by Spirit Lake police during call for assistance
Law enforcement officials are acknowledging for the first time that Spirit Lake Police officers shot and a killed woman in her senior living apartment on Nov. 1 following a call for assistance.
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Law enforcement officials are acknowledging for the first time that Spirit Lake Police officers shot and a killed woman in her senior living apartment on Nov. 1 following a call for assistance.
A report from the Kootenai County Coroner this week said 67-year-old S.A Floyd died of homicide. Until Friday, officials had not said whether her death was a direct result of police gunfire, prompting speculation regarding how she died.
S.A Floyd, 67, was found dead in her senior living apartment three hours after two Spirit Lake police officers fired their weapons at her. Floyd was blind, according to her assistants, and was close to being evicted from her home. Officials have not said why police shot their guns or if Floyd had a weapon. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said the two officers went into the apartment and “encountered a female in a bedroom where an officer-involved shooting occurred.” A gun was later found next to her body.
The coroner’s report lists Floyd’s classification of death as “trauma.” This means any type of injury, Kootenai County Chief Deputy Coroner Lynn Acebedo said.
“What’s on there is on there for a reason,” Acebedo said.
Sheriff’s office spokesman Lt. Zachary Sifford confirmed Friday after the release of the report that Floyd was killed by police.
The sheriff’s office investigated the shooting, which is standard protocol, and sent it to the Kootenai County Prosecutor’s Office three weeks ago, Sifford said. The prosecutor’s office will decide whether the shooting was justified or whether to charge the officers. Their names have not been released.