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Armed Woman Shot By Deputies After K9 Wounded In Placer County

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

2

First seen

Oct 16, 9:36 AM PDT

updated Oct 17, 3:11 PM PDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by KXTV and KTXL, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Deputies in Placer County shot an armed woman after a K9 was wounded, KXTV reported. The Placer County deputy K9 is recovering after undergoing emergency surgery for the gunshot wound, KTXL reported.

Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 2, Oct 17, 3:41 PM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 16, 9:39 AM PDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Placer County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 16, 9:51 AM PDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 16, 10:29 AM PDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.