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Officer Shoots Hatchet-Wielding Woman in Wisconsin Walmart
by Tammy on April 9, 2016Unfortunately he had no choice. Another example of a police officer acting on his training to save lives. Via AP / ABC 11. A police officer fatally shot a developmentally disabled woman inside a western Wisconsin Wal-Mart after she refused to drop a hatchet she had grabbed from a shelf, authorities say. Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk said the woman was shopping with chaperones Friday at the store in Lake Hallie, between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. The sheriff said Lake Hallie police were called around 5 p.m. after she grabbed a hatchet from a sporting goods department shelf and began swinging it, using it on pillows and other items before officers showed up. He said police arrived and ordered...