Fayetteville police release 911 calls in deadly shooting of woman by officers

Police said Jada Johnson was suffering from a crisis and threatened to hurt herself the night of July 1 at a home on Colgate Drive near Rolling Hill Road.

“Someone just tried to kick my door,” Johnson said in one of the phone calls. “They’re coming into my house now. They just tried to kick the doors.

“We hear them coming in the house now. We need help right now.”

Jonson said four people were inside the house. She told dispatchers it included a 2-year-old baby and two dogs. She also they were hiding in their closet at one point.

In multiple recordings, Johnson accuses the dispatcher of hanging up on her. She also claimed she has family in the government and that the call was being recorded.

The dispatcher also repeatedly asks Johnson where her daughter is in one of the calls. In the same call, Johnson claims her daughter is dead before hanging up.

Johnson also told the dispatcher that she and daughter could not breathe. She asks for the dispatcher to send an ambulance.

Multiple people can be heard in the phone calls released Tuesday by police.

The two police officers involved in the shooting are on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.

It's unclear how many times Johnson was shot.

Nolette said officers were on scene for around 30 minutes, an armed woman confronted them.

After talking with the woman for nearly an hour, Nolette said the woman pulled out a firearm and threatened to harm herself. Next to the woman was her grandmother and her daughter, who were "in harm's way," according to Nolette.

Nolette said officers "relentlessly" tried to get the woman to put the weapon down.

"It just escalated very quickly," Nolette said.

After Johnson agreed to put the handgun down and seek help, officers attempted to grab it from her. That's when the officers began to struggle with the woman, according to Nolette, and officers shot her.