A woman was shot by East Point police Saturday night after trying to attack an officer while holding a knife, officials said.
East Point police were called at about 5 p.m. to the Stonetree Apartments after getting a call that mentally ill person had taken drugs and was trying to hurt themselves inside an apartment.
When officers arrived in the 2400 block of Stone Road, the GBI said they tried to de-escalate the situation by getting the woman, identified as Trauneycia Langley, to voluntarily submit to a mental evaluation.
But the 27-year-old became “increasingly agitated and combative” towards the officers, leading one of them to deploy a Taser that was not effective.
“Langley grabbed a knife and charged towards the officer,” the GBI said. “The officer fired her handgun, hitting Langley.”
Langley was treated at the scene before being taken to the emergency room at Grady Memorial Hospital. The GBI, which was contacted by police “due to the nature of the incident,” did not share her condition.
The incident marked the 14th officer-involved shooting the GBI has been asked to investigate in 2025. At the same time last year, the state agency had looked into 12 such shootings.
Last Sunday, a woman was killed by police in Paulding County after she allegedly stabbed her teen son to death at an apartment complex, according to officials.
The GBI said it will conduct an investigation into Saturday’s incident. Once completed, the case file will be given to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office for review.
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