By the Associated Press and KFDI News:
The Cowley County Attorney says three sheriff’s deputies who fatally shot a woman near Winfield in April were justified in their actions.
County Attorney Larry Schwartz said in a report that the shooting of 32-year-old Andrea Barrow was “lawful and justified.”
The shooting happened April 15th on Highway 77 north of Winfield. Schwartz’s report says the deputies were responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle when they encountered Barrow, of Arkansas City, who was acting erratically. He says the woman refused repeated orders to get out of her vehicle and eventually pulled a handgun and fired at the deputies. All three deputies were injured. Two deputies returned fire, killing Barrow.
