A woman allegedly wielding a knife was shot dead by police attending a domestic dispute.
The shooting occurred at the 500 block of West Vineyard Avenue in Oxnard at around 1 a.m. Saturday, an Oxnard Police Department spokesman said.
Officers were speaking to the man who had reported the incident when the 24-year-old woman allegedly advanced on them while holding a knife. She was then shot, and died at the scene.
The police officer who fired has been placed on administrative leave, which is standard proceedure.
An investigation into the shooting is ongoing, and detectives are still at the scene.
