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The sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department released the name of the woman shot and killed by police on Tuesday when she allegedly held a phone like it was a gun.

APD spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said 32-year-old Mariah Voigt was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Police said Voigt positioned a cellphone in her hands as if it were a gun and popped out of a storage shed, pointing the phone at police. At least one officer fired, killing her.

The incident happened after a two-hour search for Voigt, who fled from a stolen vehicle into a neighborhood, according to police.

The Multi-Agency Task Force is investigating the shooting.

A cousin told the Journal that Voigt had her troubles but was also 鈥渒ind, caring and nonviolent.鈥� Court records show Voigt had mainly been arrested on drug and shoplifting charges.

鈥淚 am so sorry you lost your life the way you did,鈥� a family member posted on Facebook. 鈥淧olice these days think everything is a gun, it was just her phone.鈥�

The relative added, 鈥淚 can鈥檛 even believe this is true. People do dumb things but they shouldn鈥檛 lose their lives over it.鈥�

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico called for 鈥渁 transparent and thorough investigation鈥� into Voigt鈥檚 death.

APD often holds a preliminary briefing within weeks of a police shooting, releasing video and details. The internal investigation into officers鈥� use of force in fatal shootings has a 90-day completion deadline and determines if any policies were violated.

鈥淲e are deeply troubled by the recurring deaths of unarmed individuals at the hands of the APD,鈥� ACLU-NM Policing Policy Advocate Daniel Williams said in a news release.

Voigt鈥檚 death was the third time in as many years that APD officers have shot someone who was holding something other than a weapon. In 2022, officers fatally shot Collin Neztsosie, 33, after he repeatedly pointed a phone at them from a distance.

鈥淒espite nearly 10years of oversight due to the Court Approved Settlement Agreement (CASA), the people of sa国际传媒官网网页入口 continue to see tragedy after tragedy resulting from APD鈥檚 interactions with the public,鈥� Williams said in the release.

Police said around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, officers tried to arrest Voigt and a man who were inside a stolen vehicle near Eubank and Candelaria NE. The man was detained and later released but Voigt fled into a nearby neighborhood and hid in a storage shed.

APD Chief Harold Medina said a police drone could see Voigt 鈥渕anipulating鈥� a phone as if it were a gun while she was inside the shed. He said Voigt emerged and pushed out her hands, as if holding a gun, toward police and was fatally shot.