A woman in Alsip was killed by an Alsip police officer Monday night after pointing a firearm at officers at Burr Oak Cemetery, police said Tuesday.
The woman initially made a 911 call at about 10 p.m. alleging that she was being chased by an active shooter. The woman then made several more 911 calls in which she alleged she was armed with a firearm, that she had killed a cop and she would kill another police officer, according to the police statement.
After officers found the woman on the west side of the cemetery, located on the east side of the 12400 block of South Cicero Avenue, she fled, scaled a fence and crossed Cicero Avenue, according to a police statement.
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Officers chased the woman and ordered her multiple times to stop, according to the statement, and as officers approached they said she turned and pointed the firearm, which officers stated was an imminent threat, causing the officer to shoot at the woman.
The officers, along with the Alsip Fire Department, gave the woman life-saving measures, and she was later taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A replica Colt firearm was recovered at the scene, according to a police statement.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Alsip police said the situation was isolated and there are no threats to the public.
The Alsip Police Department also said it requested the assistance of Illinois State Police public integrity unit, to investigate the death. Police ask anyone having information to contact either the Alsip Police Department at 708-385-6902 or the Illinois State Police.