A woman was fatally shot by Santa Ana police during a confrontation in an alley, police said on Sunday.
The shooting happened after 8 a.m. Sunday in the 800 block of South Townsend Street, police said. They did not specify what led to the shooting.
The woman died on the way to the hospital.
It was unknown whether the woman was armed, but police said they found a weapon in the alley that was not a police weapon. It was believed to be a gun replica.
Witnesses said the woman did not live in the apartment complex and was seen sitting in a garage before the shooting.
Two officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave until the investigation is complete, officials said.
The Orange Police Department said they were investigating whether the woman who was shot was a woman wanted for murder. The woman most recently lived in Santa Ana.
A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on Friday in the same neighborhood where Sunday's police shooting occurred.
The two incidents were not related, police said.
Police announced on Sunday that they arrested three adults and a juvenile in connection with Friday's stabbing that occurred in the 600 block of South Townsend Street.
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