[NBC] An officer fatally shot a pregnant woman who police suspected of shoplifting Thursday night in an Ohio grocery store parking lot after officials say she accelerated her car toward an officer.
Blendon Township
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Police Chief John Belford called the shooting a "tragedy" and an "unfortunate loss of life" in a video statement.
The chief did not identify the woman or disclose she was pregnant, but the Franklin County Coroner’s Office identified her as 21-year-old Ta’kiya Young and confirmed she was pregnant.
The office said she was pronounced dead shortly before 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
While Blendon Township officers were helping a driver who was locked out of her car outside a Kroger, a store employee told officers about a theft by someone who was fleeing, the chief said.
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