Official: Woman killed in DC chase was delusional
Published 10:50 am Friday, October 4, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal law enforcement official says the woman killed by police after trying to drive through barricades outside the White House had believed the president was communicating with her and was delusional.
The official, who had been briefed about the investigation, spoke on condition of anonymity Friday because the person was not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation. The official says the woman, 34-year-old Miriam Carey, had been in a deteriorating mental state since December.
The official says investigators have been interviewing the woman’s family about her mental condition. The official says investigators believe the woman drove directly to Washington immediately before Thursday’s car chase in the nation’s capital that prompted the shooting.
A damaged Capitol Hill police car is surrounded by crime scene tape on Constitution Avenue near the U.S. Capitol after a car chase and shooting occurred Thursday
Oct. 3
2013
in Washington. A woman with a young child inside tried to ram through a White House barricade
then led police on a chase toward the Capitol
where police shot and killed her
witnesses and officials said. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
Law enforcement from local
state and federal jurisdictions investigate the residence of Miriam Carey in Stamford
Conn. Thursday
Oct. 3
2013. Law-enforcement authorities have identified Carey
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