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Las Vegas police ID officers involved in fatal shooting

Updated Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 | 10:48 a.m.

Metro Police has identified four SWAT officers who were involved in a shooting that left one woman dead Thursday.

Zachary Adam, 35, Jair Brown, 32, Dewane Ferrin, 42, and William Marx, 45, have been placed on routine administrative leave pending a review of the shooting.

According to Metro, officers returned fire at 50-year-old Linda Lee Lush when she began shooting at them from a stolen vehicle. She suffered a gunshot wound to the head and neck, the Clark County Coroner’s office said. Lush had been pulled over on suspicion of driving erratically.

Adam and Brown have been with Metro Police since 2006, Ferrin since 2000 and Marx since 1997.

This is the 11th officer-involved shooting of 2015 in Metro Police's jurisdiction. To read more about the incident, click here.

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