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Police: Woman fatally shot by police in her New Jersey apartment building

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Officials are investigating after police say an officer shot and killed a woman in her building in New Jersey.

The woman was shot in the chest after she reportedly charged at them with a knife in the hallway of her Fort Lee apartment early Sunday just before 1:30 a.m.

Officers were responding to a 911 call about the woman having a mental health crisis holding a knife.

The woman was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

A knife was recovered at the scene.

ALSO READ | Video shows 95-year-old grandmother assaulted by home aide in Harlem

Jim Dolan has the story from Harlem.

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