Atlanta ( CNN ) -- A woman charged with sending threatening packages to two lawmakers , including a U.S. representative , was killed Sunday after she tried to attack a police officer at her home near Atlanta , police and the lawmakers said Monday . Jameela Barnette , 53 , was armed with a knife and handgun when a police officer knocked on her door on Christmas morning as he responded to reports of an alarm inside , Cobb County Police said . She opened the door and started assaulting the officer with the weapons , police said . The officer shot her , and Barnette died at the scene . Barnette was the same woman who sent threatening packages earlier this year to U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York and New York State Sen. Greg Ball , their offices said Monday . Barnette was indicted in U.S. District Court in Atlanta in October on two counts of sending threatening packages . She pleaded not guilty in November and was released on $ 20,000 bond , according to court records . Earlier this month , the court also ordered Barnette to undergo a mental evaluation . The package sent to Ball contained a hoax weapon of mass destruction , said Ball spokeswoman Brittany Oat . The indictment said it contained threatening messages and a vial of an unknown liquid , labeled `` Zyklon B , '' which Barnette indicated was a biological agent or toxin . The vial of liquid was in fact perfume oil , according to CNN affiliate WXXA-TV in Albany , the New York state capital , which spoke to Barnette in April . The package also contained a toy monkey wearing the Star of David , as shown in photos released by Ball 's office . Barnette told WXXA-TV she was a grandmother and a Muslim upset with Ball for holding hearings earlier this year on New York City 's vulnerability to terrorism . `` He keeps messing with Muslims , '' Barnette told the station in April . `` Muslims have not been harassing anyone . '' Barnette said she was not a threat and did not want people to think she was a dangerous person for sending the package . A representative for Barnette could not be reached Monday . Also in April , Barnette sent a bloody severed pig 's foot and note to King 's office on Capitol Hill , King said Monday . The package never reached King or his staffers because all mail to the U.S. Capitol is screened . The note was laced with anti-Semitic rants , including statements such as `` evil Jews will return this hoof to Palestine , '' a congressional source familiar with the situation said at the time . King is not Jewish . `` The woman , who called me a 'Muslim basher , ' wrote 'kiss my black Muslim ass , ' '' King said in a statement Monday . `` I believe this was all a result of the blind and false hysteria stirred up by opponents of the radicalization hearings I convened in March , '' King said . The officer who fired on Barnette on Sunday was treated for his injury and released at the scene , and is now on administrative leave pending investigation , according to the police department in suburbuan Atlanta . CNN 's Ashley Corum , Carol Cratty , Sara Pratley , and Melissa Gray contributed to this report .
The woman , Jameela Barnette , was killed as she tried to attack an officer , police said . She had been charged with sending threatening letters to state lawmakers . Both packages contained threatening letters and one contained a hoax letter . State Rep. Peter Miller and New York State Sen. Greg Ball received the packages .