New Orleans woman armed with sledge ax fatally shot by police in New Mexico

quote:

---

A New Orleans woman was shot and killed by police in New Mexico on Tuesday (Oct. 31) after authorities there say she approached a reserve deputy while armed with a sledge ax.

The woman, identified as Heather Denean Bubrig, was shot by a Dona Ana County reserve deputy after residents in the area reported a woman had broken into a home and later a shed, according to a sheriff's department news release.

---

quote:

---

Later, two residents called police. One said a woman, later identified as Bubrig, entered his home and said someone was trying to kill her, the news release said. Another resident said she was inside a shed on their property.

When police arrived, she "came out of the shed armed with a sledge ax," and "closed distance" on a reserve deputy who fired at least two shots. "Despite all life-saving efforts," Bubrig was pronounced dead at the scene, the news release said.

---