Prosecutors today declined to file charges against a San Bernardino police officer who shot a woman when she charged at him with a weight-lifting bar.
Officer Ryan Thornburg commanded 40-year-old Monica Monroe to drop the bar several times, but she held the bar over her head and was heading toward the officer when she was shot, the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office said.
She received wounds to her chest and arm. Monroe survived and has since been charged with assault on a peace officer, prosecutors said.
Thornburg came to the woman's home on Golden Avenue on May 19 after her husband flagged down the officer about a fight he was having with his wife. The man told police his wife receives medication for schizophrenia.
Monroe walked out of the apartment holding the bar. Police said she held the bar like a spear and Thornburg believed she was preparing to strike him. Prosecutors said he was justified in his actions.
melissa.pinion-whitt@inlandnewspapers.com
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