Chicago, Illinois
July 15, 2007
Agencies: Chicago Police Department Illinois
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: about 3 years ago
Police shot Dorothy Williams-Johnson after she allegedly shot and wounded three officers. Shortly before 9 p.m., police responded to report of shots fired at an apartment building in the city's South Austin neighborhood. Four police officers approached the door to Williams-Johnson's second-floor apartment, and said they heard the sound of a round being loaded. The officers went inside, and Williams-Johnson allegedly shot at them. The officers returned fire, killing her. Two of the officers were shot in the arm, and one officer's head was grazed by a bullet, police said.