Tucson police say an officer fatally shot a suicidal woman after she pointed a gun at police.
Tucson police spokesman Officer Chuck Rydzak said Sunday that officers went to the woman's home Saturday night after she sent a text message to family members telling them goodbye.
Officers heard loud music coming from 57-year-old Joanna Lee Smith's house when they arrived. Smith refused to open her door and told officers to "just go away.''
Officers then heard a single shot from inside the home.
They evacuated nearby residents and tried to contact Smith by knocking on the door, calling her phone and using a loudspeaker from a patrol car.
That's when officers began to break into Smith's window. As they broke a front window, Rydzak says Smith pointed a gun at them.
Officer Daniel Spencer then shot Smith, who later died at a hospital.
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