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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

The St. Paul police department released body cam videos Friday from officers who shot and killed a woman earlier this week.

On Monday, officers responded to a call that a woman in a home on Rose Avenue was attempting suicide. According to the 911 transcript released by the department, a woman told dispatchers that her daughter is “committing suicide,” gives her address and says “Hurry please!” before ending the call.

Video shows three officers entering a house through an open front door and walking to the back of the home after hearing a woman call out to them. In a bedroom they found two women sitting on the floor.

According to the BCA, the woman who called out to officers was the mother of the woman later identified as Pepsi Heinl, 41. The mother is visibly upset and tells the officers, “she was turning blue in her mouth,” referring to Heinl. And the mother said Heinl was “not OK.”

An officer can be heard asking if Heinl had taken any drugs.

Seconds later, Heinl reaches under a blanket and produces a gun. She rises to her feet and points the pistol in the direction of the officers as Heinl's mother, whose face is digitally obscured, appears to reach out to Heinl to try and stop her. All three officers immediately open fire on Heinl, who collapses on a bed.

According to the BCA, the officers administered “life saving care” to Heinl, but she was later pronounced dead at the scene. Officers later recovered a handgun.

Chief of Police Axel Henry said all officers involved in the shooting had undergone mental health crisis prevention training.

Henry said the call was a general 911 call and were not able to get specialized mental health responders to the scene before it escalated, and that there was no mention of weapons to the officers before they arrived.

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/10/bca-identifies-woman-who-died-st-paul-police-officers-involved-in-fatal-shooting

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