St. Petersburg police said they were forced to shoot a woman at her home on 13th Avenue N. when she pointed a gun at officers.
Police said the woman has died after an officer shot her in the chest.
"She pulled back the blinds and was standing there with a 38 special, pointing it at the officer when he fired," said Bill Profitt, SPPD.
According to reports, officers went to a home in the 2600 block of 13th Avenue North in St. Petersburg to check on a woman in her 50's around 8 p.m. on Sunday.
Police said a neighbor was concerned about the woman who had been acting strangely all day.
The neighbor said the woman appeared to have mental problems, police said.
Once the officers knocked on the door of the residence the woman answered the door with a revolver in her hand, police said.
According to reports, one of the officers fired his handgun and struck the woman in the chest.
The woman was transported to a local hospital where she died from life-threatening injuries.