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The woman had been arrested and was in the back of the
vehicle in downtown Atlanta around 5 p.m. local time, Atlanta
Police Sergeant Gregory Lyon said in an email.
She then fired on the officers, who were also black, sitting in
the front of the car, Lyon said. The officers returned fire. The
woman was taken to a local hospital where she later died, he
said.
The shooting comes as protests reignite in cities around the
United States over police use of lethal force against
minorities, especially of unarmed black men.
The woman's name was not being made public pending notification
of next of kin, police said.
(Reporting by Fiona Ortiz in Chicago; Editing by Curtis Skinner)
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