ATLANTA, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A 92-year-old Atlanta woman is dead after she opened fire and shot three undercover narcotics officers serving a search warrant on her home.
At a news conference Tuesday night, Atlanta assistant police Chief Alan Dreher said the unidentified woman was alone in the house when the officers arrived and announced themselves. He said the shootout erupted when they were refused entry and broke down the front door.
The three officers were wounded and were all listed in stable condition Tuesday night.
The woman died of gunshot wounds in her home, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
While police did not name the woman, Sarah Dozier identified her as her aunt, Kathryn Johnston, who kept an old pistol in the high-crime neighborhood.
"I don't know what kind and it was rusty but apparently it was working well," Dozier told the Journal-Constitution.
Police declined to say what they were searching for when they went to the house, the newspaper said.
