King County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a pregnant, possibly suicidal woman armed with a handgun last Friday evening.

Deputies received information that the woman, identified as Renee Davis, a 23-year-old mother of three, was at her home on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation in Auburn. Deputies arrived at the woman’s house in the 15800 block of Southeast 382nd Place just after 6:30 p.m.

Deputies knocked on the door to the residence repeatedly with no response. Deputies said the children were running around in the house, but no one answered the door. Two deputies entered the house to check the welfare of the woman and children. They found Davis inside the house armed with a handgun. Both deputies fired at the woman and she was struck at least once.

Aid responded, and Davis was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Sgt. Cindi West, of the King County Sheriff’s office, more information will be released about what led up to the shooting when the deputies provide their statements to investigators. One of the deputies is an eight-year veteran assigned to the reservation, the other is a King County deputy with three years experience.

The deputies have been placed on paid administrative leave during the investigation per department policy.