A Juneau woman was shot and killed by a Juneau Police officer in the parking lot of the Mendenhall Valley Breeze In convenience store early Christmas morning. In a news release shared Thursday evening, the Juneau Police Department identified the woman as 30-year-old Juneau resident Ashley Rae Johnston.

Johnston, 30, was shot at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday after threatening a person at the Mendenhall Valley Breeze In with a hammer and then approaching police officers while carrying a hatchet, according to the Juneau Police Department. No other people were hurt during the encounter.

A woman was shot and killed by a Juneau police officer early Christmas morning after she approached officers with a hatchet and refused to put it down, police said. The incident occurred outside the Breeze In grocery in the Mendenhall Valley,