The trio were suspended without pay and later arrested on murder warrants in the shooting death of Melissa Perez when she refused police orders to come out of her apartment.
Perez was suspected of cutting the wires to a fire alarm, a felony, at the apartment complex and was talking to fire officials about 12:30 a.m. Friday when an officer approached and tried to get her to walk toward a patrol car, McManus said.
"It appeared that Miss Perez was having a mental health crisis," McManus said without offering further explanation, and she then ran into her apartment.
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