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Bodycam: Cops shoot armed woman accused of waving gun, terrorizing neighborhood

 

Dramatic bodycam footage shows the moments surrounding a February shooting involving Kentucky police and an armed woman. 

The Louisville Police Department responded to a mental health complaint when they encountered 52-year-old Candy Marie Basil. 

Police said Basil reportedly waved a gun at neighbors and hit a vehicle with it before pointing the weapon at officers on February 19.

Basil, who has a history of mental health issues, was shot after police repeatedly yelled at her to drop the weapon and she refused. 

Instead, the gun-toting woman walked toward officers.

This is when Officer Donald Brian Wyatt, a 19-year-veteran, opened fire. 

Bodycam footage shows the moments surrounding a February shooting involving Kentucky police and an armed woman. The Louisville Police Department said 52-year-old Candy Marie Basil reportedly waved a gun at neighbors before pointing it at officers when they arrived.

Officers immediately provided medical treatment to Basil before she was taken to the University of Louisville Hospital. 

She was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment of a police officer and one count of menacing. 

The officer-involved shooting remains under investigation by Kentucky State Patrol's Incident Response Team.

The Law&Crime Network's Sierra Gillespie contributed the reporting for this story.

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Sierra Gillespie is the host of Scandal, Law&Crime’s celebrity crime show. Sierra started work at Law&Crime in 2021 as a producer, before transitioning on-cam as a reporter in 2022. While working as a host and reporter for Law&Crime News, Sierra traveled across the country to cover multiple cases in the field, including R. Kelly, Ruby Franke, Bryan Kohberger and Luigi Mangione. Prior to working at Law&Crime, Sierra worked as a reporter for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and reporter/anchor for WMTV in Madison, WI and WBAY in Green Bay, WI. Sierra has Journalism and Telecommunications degrees from Ball State University.