Sisters of woman shot dead on Capitol Hill call her 'troubled soul' and that she didn't deserve to die the way she did
Self-described ‘Prophet of Stamford’ Miriam Carey, 34, of Stamford, Conn., reportedly believed the President electronically monitored her condo to broadcast her life on TV. Carey, said to have suffered from postpartum depression, had drugs used to treat psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia in her apartment, authorities said.
Comments (243)By John Marzulli , Erik Badia , Dan Friedman AND Corky Siemaszko / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Friday, October 4, 2013, 9:50 AM
Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 5:17 AM
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The family of Miriam Carey — with sisters Valerie and Amy (center) — speaks to the press outside their Brooklyn home a day after Carey was shot dead in Washington, D.C., after a car chase.
The heartbroken sisters of the Connecticut mother killed by Capitol cops after a wild car chase through Washington said Friday she was a troubled soul — not a “terrorist.”
Miriam Carey had her 19-month-old daughter, Erica, in the car when police shot her and “didn’t deserve to die like she did,” Valarie Carey, who lives in Brooklyn, told the Daily News.
“Deadly force was not necessary,” said the grieving sister, a retired NYPD transit police sergeant who lives in Bushwick. “They could have rammed the car or disabled the car.”
“There had to be something else they could have done,” chimed in Amy Carey, a registered nurse who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “She didn’t have to die. To know a child was in the car, too, why did they shoot?”
Authorities have not said whether they were aware of the child’s presence in her mom’s leased black Infiniti.
Little Erica was not hurt and was placed in protective custody, the family said late Friday.
Miriam Carey had her 19-month-old daughter, Erica, in the car when police shot her and “didn’t deserve to die like she did,” Valarie Carey, who lives in Brooklyn, told the Daily News.
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Miriam Carey's family, seen here talking to the press, has spoken out amid the reports about her mental health.
“There had to be something else they could have done,” chimed in Amy Carey, a registered nurse who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant. “She didn’t have to die. To know a child was in the car, too, why did they shoot?”
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Valerie Carey, one of Miriam Carey's sisters, speaks on Miriam's death.
Little Erica was not hurt and was placed in protective custody, the family said late Friday.
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