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Woman Shot Dead by Police After Threatening Child with Gun

Darvet Brown, 35, was killed in San Bernardino after refusing to drop her weapon and continuing to threaten a 3-year-old boy, who was unharmed in the incident.

  • Darvet Brown, 35, was shot and killed by police in San Bernardino, California, after she pointed a gun at a 3-year-old boy and refused to drop the weapon.
  • Brown had fired the gun several times inside the apartment and had been violent with the residents before the police arrived.
  • Police were called to the scene by the boy's grandmother who reported that Brown was threatening her grandson with a gun.
  • The boy, who was not physically harmed in the incident, was a friend's son of Brown.
  • Police are still trying to understand Brown's motive and her behavior during the incident.
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