HAMBURG, N.Y. — The woman who was shot and killed by a Town of Hamburg Police officer on Friday morning has been identified.
Police said 36-year-old Lisa Haight of Jamestown is the woman who was declared dead at the scene on Willett Road. That's where police were called to investigate a burglary shortly past 10:30 a.m. Friday.
"We are also able to verify that the deceased female was the person responsible for the burglary, which took place on Willett Road, and that subsequently broke into the second home on McKinley Parkway, where the shooting took place," police said in a statement Saturday afternoon.
Hamburg Police on Saturday also said they looked into a "violent attack on a private transport van" that happened on the New York State Thruway. Police claim that Haight, before the Friday morning police shooting, "repeatedly and without provocation stabbed a passenger in that van, causing extensive serious physical injuries to the victim."
The stabbing victim received emergency treatment for face, shoulder, and head injuries, according to police.
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a statement Friday night, saying that the state had opened an investigation and that a knife had been recovered at the scene by Hamburg Police officers.
"At 10:38 a.m. on February 2, HPD officers responded to a reported burglary at a residence in the Town of Hamburg," the Attorney General's Office said. "Officers then followed a potential suspect, a woman, to another residence nearby.
"When police entered the house, they encountered the woman in the bathroom. After a struggle, an officer discharged his service weapon, striking the woman. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers recovered a knife at the scene."
The New York State Attorney General's Office, New York State Police, and Town of Hamburg Police are all investigating. Hamburg Police said they don't anticipate another news conference concerning the shooting until Tuesday.
2 On Your Side visited the area and came across Tricia Wells on Willett Road. She says Friday's incident worries her.
"This is the second incident of a scary nature in just a two-week period," Wells said.
She said the neighborhood is typically quiet. So did Paul Zmuda, who approached while walking his dog.
"I would've never thought it would happen around here. but I'm not nervous," Zmuda said.
Lisa's close friends expressed their feelings via Facebook Messenger saying, "I feel there is more to the story. I don't believe she was out to hurt anybody."
"She was a loving, caring woman who had kids."
"I think she may have been in fear rather than anything else."