Geraldine Townsend, 72
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
January 17, 2018
Agencies: Bartlesville Police Department Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Last updated: 2 months ago
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Overview 
72 year-old Geraldine Townsend was shot and killed while four Bartlesville police officers were taking her son Michael Livingston into custody Wednesday night, January 17, 2018. Police said they heard a popping noise.
"This all happened rather quickly," said Bartlesville Police Captain Jay Hastings.
Officers said that popping sound was Geraldine Townsend shooting at officers with a high-powered pellet gun, hitting one in the leg, and one in the face.
The officer hit in the face fired back at Townsend.
"At this point, it appears he fired one round," Hastings said.
72-year-old Townsend died in the hospital.
On January 30, 2018, police released bodycam video of the shooting (embedded below).
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Additional Resources:
- http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/video-suspect-begs-police-to-see-his-mother-who-was/article_6253b38d-0ddc-58b8-82c8-265224ad36ba.html added Jan 30, 2018
- http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/son-of-woman-fatally-shot-by-bartlesville-police-charged-arraigned/article_5310a47b-b539-5c17-b4bb-b22d6e4774b0.html added Jan 21, 2018
- http://bartlesvilleradio.com/pages/news/160792018/updateone-person-dead-from-wednesday-shooting added Jan 21, 2018
- http://bestsellermagazine.com/news/Bartlesville-Woman,-72,-Dies-After-Police-Say-She-Wounded-Two-Officers added Jan 21, 2018
- https://hosted.ap.org/republicanherald/article/913354e9313140c2b47d31f8d580746f/72-year-old-oklahoma-woman-dies-officer-involved-shooting added Jan 21, 2018
- http://www.news9.com/story/37295725/bartlesville-woman-72-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting added Jan 21, 2018
- https://www.facebook.com/KilledByPolice/posts/1891515187543276 added Jan 21, 2018
- http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1029803 added Jan 21, 2018
- http://gunmemorial.org/2018/01/17/geraldine-townsend added Jan 21, 2018
- http://www.newson6.com/story/37295725/bartlesville-woman-72-dies-in-officer-involved-shooting added Jan 21, 2018
