By Liz Kellar | Staff Writer
Sage Crawford, 33, was fatally shot by a Nevada County sheriff s deputy during a confrontation last week in Alta Sierra. A vigil was held Wednesday in Crawford’s honor.
“She was a mother. She was a daughter. She was a sister.”
And whatever transpired between Sage Crawford and law enforcement, she “did not deserve to be gunned down in front of her children,” said family spokeswoman Leia Schenk.
Schenk spoke to a crowd of about 50 gathered Wednesday afternoon at the site of Crawford’s fatal shooting in Alta Sierra, during a vigil organized to honor her memory.
The Nevada County District Attorney’s Office has identified the woman who was shot and killed by a deputy Thursday as 33-year-old Ariella Sage Eloise Crawford. Authorities said Crawford’s birth name was Deidre Eloise Hawkins. Sign up for our Newsletters The Nevada County Regional Dispatch Center received a call around 1 p.m. Thursday about a woman walking in the middle of Alta Sierra Drive with two small children, the Nevada County Sheriff’s.