Womans car still on the sidewalk. This whole incident happened shortly after 7 00. The woman behind the wheel was driving at one point in time the wrong way down pine which is a one way street. And as you said earlier, aimed the car directly at the officers. This all started as a stolen vehicle investigation. They approached the woman at a near by gas station. As they approached that vehicle, the woman took off, turned up pine westbound on pine. Then did a u turn on a one way street. The officers then drove up on to the sidewalk at one point and back up the street several times in about a 50yard stretch. As she got back close to the officers they say she aimed her car directly at them and hit her gas. Thats when the two officers on scene both fired their guns hitting and killing the woman behind the wheel. Officers are authorized to discharge their firearm if theyre in fear for their safety or the safety of another individual. Being this close to van nuys obviously the vehicle already
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