92-year-old dies in drug raid
Police who shot and killed a 92-year-old woman in Atlanta after she wounded three officers were looking for a man who sold drugs to undercover agents at her home, authorities said.
The plainclothes investigators got a search warrant after buying drugs from a man at Kathryn Johnston’s home, Assistant Police Chief Alan Dreher said. Fulton County Dist. Atty. Paul Howard said a preliminary review showed the officers had a legal right to search the home.
Johnston’s niece, Sarah Dozier, said her aunt probably had reason to shoot the three officers as they stormed her house in a high-crime area. “I’m sure she panicked when they kicked that door down,” Dozier said.
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