JSO: Police shoot woman who cut JSO officer with butcher knife

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UPDATE 4/13 AT 10 A.M.: The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office released a photo of the knife the suspect possessed.

Photo of the knife that the suspect possessed. pic.twitter.com/h7F0S9eL3j
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) April 13, 2020

UPDATE 4/12 AT 4:20 P.M.:

Russell Colburn spoke with the room mate and a neighbor of Leah Baker, a woman who swung a knife at a JSO officer and cut them before being shot and killed by police.

Multiple sources confirm to @ActionNewsJax this is Leah Baker, 29. JSO says she cut an officer with a butcher knife & charged them. Officers shot & killed her during Saturday’s incident. What witnesses are saying about the encounter, all-new at 6:30. https://t.co/i17n501062 pic.twitter.com/AU5AjUmeVO
— Russell Colburn (@RussellANjax) April 12, 2020

ORIGINAL STORY:

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a police officer was injured during an officer-involved shooting on the 1300 block of Golfair Boulevard.

JSO said that Officer E. Meckling responded to a dispute between two people over medicine at 5:13 p.m. The suspect, Leah Baker, 29, swung a butcher knife and cut Meckling, according to JSO.

Two officers fired at Baker when they said she charged at them.

Baker died from her injuries.

Suspect is Leah Baker, 29.
— Russell Colburn (@RussellANjax) April 12, 2020

#JSO is on the scene of an officer involved shooting in the area of 1300 Golfair Boulevard.

One officer is injured and has been transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The suspect was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries. pic.twitter.com/sPV1kNeysh
— Jax Sheriff's Office (@JSOPIO) April 11, 2020