Killing of Kathryn Johnston

Killing of Kathryn Johnston

2006 police killing

📍 Atlanta, Georgia USA

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Kathryn Johnston was an elderly woman from Atlanta, Georgia, who was killed by undercover police officers in her home on Neal Street in northwest Atlanta on November 21, 2006, where she had lived for 17 years. Three officers had entered her home in what was later described as a 'botched' drug raid. Officers cut off burglar bars and broke down her door using a no-knock warrant. Police said Johnston fired at them and they fired in response; she fired one shot out the door over the officers' heads and they fired 39 shots, five or six of which hit her. None of the officers were injured by her gunf

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