Police: Casper woman reported burglary, pointed firearm at officers before fatal shooting

Casper Police Say Woman Shot By Officers Answered Door With Weapon In Hand

A woman shot and killed by Casper police may have lured officers to her house and provoked the shooting, Casper police reported Wednesday. She called 911 to report a burglar, but apparently “made the call to elicit the response.”

Police: Woman killed in Casper home called 911, then pointed gun at arriving officers

The woman killed in her home by Casper police responding to an armed burglar report made the 911 call that drew officers to her door, the department announced Wednesday.  A caller who identified herself as Jody Cobia called the dispatch center just after midnight on April 28 to report a burglary in progress at her home on South McKinley Street in Casper, according to the new statement. She told the dispatcher an armed and dangerous burglar dress…

Police: Casper woman reported burglary, pointed firearm at officers before fatal shooting

CASPER, Wyo. — Casper police say it appears that the woman shot and killed during a response to a reported burglary last week placed the call herself with the apparent intention to elicit a police response.37-year-old Jody Renee Cobia, of Casper, was killed in the incident. The Casper Police Department said in a release on Wednesday that Cobia called 911 around midnight Monday, April 28. Police say she reported an active burglary by an armed sus…