42-year-old Jessica Beedles was shot and killed by a DEA agent in Woodland Hills, November 20, 2019 during a drug overdose investigation.
Beedles was pronounced dead at the scene Wednesday morning by paramedics.
According to report, federal agents arrived at 5000 block of Nora Lynn Drive around 3:45 a.m. to serve a search warrant related to a drug overdose case.
The agents “encountered an armed suspect and an agent-involved shooting occurred,” according to DEA spokeswoman Nicole Nishida. The suspect was said to have been armed, but it is unclear what type of weapon she was carrying or if she pointed it at officials. It hasn’t been confirmed if she was connected to the original drug overdose case.
