The knife-wielding woman killed Saturday morning by Johns Creek police officers has been identified.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the woman as 36-year-old Shukri Ali Said. Said was fatally shot around 7:15 a.m. Saturday during an encounter on Abbots Bridge Road near Sweet Creek Road, authorities said.
Johns Creek police were dispatched to the area after a 911 call from an address on Windherst Lane reported a “demented person” armed with a knife.
The officers encountered the woman now identifed as Said near Northview High School and, according to Capt. Chris Byers, “several attempts were made to de-escalate the encounter through the use of less lethal force.”
Those efforts included the use of a Taser and a foam impact round, Byers said. But the suspect refused to drop the knife and two officers opened fire.
After Said was struck, the responding officers “immediately applied life-saving measures and she was transported to Emory Johns Creek Hospital, where she was pronounced dead,” Byers said.
Abbotts Bridge Rd still closed at Northview High School in Johns Creek. @GBI_GA investigating officer involved shooting where woman with a knife shot by JCPD officer pic.twitter.com/sg18Inp9rN
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) April 28, 2018
The two officers that fired at Said have not been identified but are on administrative leave pending the conclusion of the GBI’s investigation, officials said.