NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — 9:41 p.m. update:
Nevada County District Attorney officials released new details in a Nevada County Sheriff's deputy shooting that left a woman dead Thursday.
The woman in her 30s was reportedly behaving erratically as she walked down the middle of the road on Alta Sierra Drive with two children.
Chris Walsh, an assistant Nevada County District Attorney, told ABC10 they believe the two children who were with her during the shooting were hers. He thinks they are both younger than five years old.
Both children are now with Child Protective Services.
Walsh said it doesn't seem like the woman lived near Alta Sierra Drive and the district attorney's office is investigating why she was there, alongside Truckee Police, Grass Valley Police the California Highway Patrol.
The woman's identification has not yet been released.
4:30 p.m. update:
A woman was shot and killed by Nevada County Sheriff's deputies Thursday, prompting an investigation by the Nevada County District Attorney's Office.
DA officials say sheriff's deputies confronted a woman with a knife. Sometime later, deputies shot her. She later died from her injuries. DA officials have not said what exactly led up to the deputies shooting the woman.
Previously, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office released a statement that the woman was walking with two children in the middle of the road on Alta Sierra Drive. Those who told deputies the woman could be under the influence of drugs.
The district attorney's office is now investigating if the shooting was justified and lawful. The sheriff's department is advising everyone to avoid the area near Alta Sierra Drive and Names Drive.
Original story:
Nevada County sheriff's officials are investigating a shooting involving a deputy Thursday afternoon.
The Nevada County Sheriff's Department hasn't released much information regarding the deputy shooting but did say it began after deputies received reports of a person and two children walking in the middle of the middle road on Alta Sierra Drive.
Those who reported the person told sheriff's officials that the person was possibly under the influence of drugs. Sheriff's officials said someone was shot within minutes but did not say who or the injured status.
According to a Facebook post from the sheriff's office, there is no threat to the public at this time.
The Nevada County District Attorney's Office's investigators are currently on the scene. The sheriff's department is advising everyone to avoid the area near Alta Sierra Drive and Names Drive.
