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Knife-wielding Kissimmee woman shot by deputy as she ran toward ex-boyfriend, deputies say

A knife-wielding woman from Kissimmee was shot by a deputy late Tuesday as she ran toward her ex-boyfriend outside a Winter Haven home, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said.
A man called 911 when his ex-girlfriend, Lindsay Erin Collins of Kissimmee, showed up at his home on 16th Street and threatened to kill him as she destroyed his house, deputies said.
As the deputy approached the home, Collins ran toward her ex-boyfriend while holding a knife, and that’s when the deputy opened fire, a news release said.
The Collins, 25, was shot and taken to a hospital, where she remains in critical, but stable condition, deputies said.
The woman was shot once, deputies said. No deputies at the scene were hurt.

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