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Experts disagree over whether Capitol Hill shooting was justified

Posted at 1:43 PM, Oct 04, 2013
and last updated 2013-10-04 13:46:58-04

(CNN) -- Experts disagreed Friday on whether police acted appropriately when they fatally shot a 34-year-old, unarmed dental hygienist on Capitol Hill.

Miriam Carey was shot Thursday afternoon as she emerged from her car after a high-speed chase near some of Washington's most sensitive landmarks.

Had Carey been shot a few moments earlier, such as when police had surrounded her car and she drove into them or as she sped off, it would have been justified because she had just aimed her car -- a deadly weapon -- at the officers, said Mark O'Mara, a CNN legal analyst.