Lewisville officers fatally shot woman who refused to drop handgun, police say
Police officers in Lewisville fatally shot a woman who held a handgun as they tried early Thursday to arrest her, the police department said.
A Lewisville officer about midnight conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by a person for whom a felony arrest warrant had been filed.
The driver, identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office as 43-year-old Joanna Rogers, sped from the traffic stop, police said. She was alone.
Police chased Rogers through multiple jurisdictions in North Texas. During the pursuit, Rogers caused a collision with a Lewisville Police Department patrol vehicle and continued to flee, police said. The officer involved in the collision was not injured.
The chase ended in a commercial parking lot in the 2200 block of the southbound Interstate 35 East service road in Lewisville.
Rogers had a handgun and did not comply with the officers’ commands to drop the weapon, police said. Officers shot her.
Officers began lifesaving measures. Rogers was taken to a hospital, where she was about 1 a.m. pronounced dead.
No other injuries were reported.
Police said they recovered a handgun from Rogers’ vehicle.
The four officers involved will be placed on administrative leave.
This story was originally published July 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM.
