At 11:25 a.m., Redding officers responded to a report of a man waving a gun in the air. When the officers arrived, they said they found two men and a woman on the south curb line of the Cypress Avenue Bridge. The people initially were cooperative, but as they were talking, Brooke Leann Blair retrieved a replica handgun from her waistband and raised it up, and officers shot and killed her.
Agency: Redding Police Department
Motive: Person with a gun
Confrontation Type: Person with a Weapon (gun)
Service Call: Yes
Body Camera: no
Official Disposition: Pending investigation
Victim Name: Brooke Leann Blair
Death Date: February 7, 2021
County: Shasta
Geography: Suburban
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Race: Unknown race
Cause of Death: Gunshot
Criminal Charges: No known charges
Mental Illness: No
Armed: Unarmed/Did Not Have Actual Weapon
Weapon: toy weapon
Threat Level: other
Washington Post Database ID: 6566