Well, in this article, the woman said on her YouTube channel that she had tried suicide by cop before. Evidently, that’s what she intended to happen this time, which is why she lunged at them with a knife. I watched one of her videos, and she seemed perfectly intelligent and knew what lunging at cops with a knife would do. I hope the cops who shot her get that information.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/transgender-man-shot-dead-police-hoping-transition-article-1.2522193
I read another article with that information, so, I KNOW the cops have that information.