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Team coverage Eyewitnesses say the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Lehi this morning looked like something out of a movie.
Many people saw what happened today since it was on such a busy street, but one woman made the 911 call that would eventually lead police to pull the woman over.
The Walker gas station employee says today has been a really tough day for her. She never thought that a call to police would lead to such a tragic incident.
"[I] never even imagined that she had any kind of weapon whatsoever, no," Sherri Steward said. "She didn't appear like that type of person that would have a weapon. Of course, how do you tell who does and who doesn't? But I would have never expected that."
Stewart was working the register at a Walker's gas station in Lehi when a woman walked in looking lethargic and tired. She says the woman asked to buy gas then changed her mind. But after Stewart voided the transaction, the woman changed her mind and decided she did want to buy gas after all.
Before the woman was about to leave, Stewart asked if she needed to get help. She said "no," and Stewart watched her walk slowly back to her car and pump gas with some trouble.
After the woman left, Stewart called 911 and officers pulled the woman over.
A construction worker, who didn't want his name used, was there when the shooting happened. "I saw it all from start to finish, from the pull-over to the shots being fired," he said.
He says when the officer approached the small Honda Accord, he heard gun shots. "She came out and whirled on the cops and started firing. It was crazy," he said.
Other officers arrived in short order and opened fire on the woman, killing her.
One woman was driving back from the dentist when she saw police cars pulling the sedan over. As she was heading westbound on Main Street, she heard shots, then turned around to see people bleeding on the ground.
"But the point of no return, where you're willing to pull that gun out and aim it at an officer, I mean, you know what people know what's going to happen; and so to me that's just like, how did she get there?" witness Kayelyn Robinson said.
A woman who works across the street ran outside as soon as she heard the gunfire. "They covered up the body that was on the ground, and they were able to help the officer that was shot, and they were able to Life-Flight him out of here," she said.
That witness says she saw the officer moving and speaking before he was airlifted to the hospital.
Stewart says before the shooting the woman seemed like she was high on medication, not impaired because of alcohol. Although it's been hard on Stewart, she says she doesn't regret making that call.
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