Police shoot woman, child in drug raid

LIMA, Ohio (AP) — Police shot a woman to death and injured her 1-year-old son during a raid on the home of a man charged with a drug crime, police said Saturday.

The raid was conducted Friday night to serve a “high-risk” search warrant, police said in a news release.

Killed was Tarika Wilson, 26, of Lima. Family members identified her son as Sincere Wilson, according to The Lima News.

He was flown to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, where he was in stable condition, police said.

The hospital refused to release any more information on the boy’s condition Saturday.

Police Maj. Kevin Martin said details about the shooting would not be released pending an investigation by Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, an agency under the Ohio attorney general.

The police department turned over the investigation because it involves an officer, Martin said.

Martin would not identify the officer, who has been placed on paid leave until the investigation is completed, he said.

Police arrested Anthony Terry, 31, of Lima, on a charge of suspicion of possession of crack cocaine, the release said. Crack and marijuana were found in the home, police said.

Martin said he didn’t believe Tarika Wilson was a target of the department’s warrant.

“I believe Mr. Terry was the subject of the investigation,” Martin said.