Two San Francisco officers say they had to use lethal force against a woman who they shot and killed as she was recklessly driving in what may have been a stolen car . The officers were conducting a stolen-vehicle investigation at a Chevron gas station on Tuesday evening when they approached a 20 to 30 year-old woman in a black Volkswagen . When officers flashed their badges , the woman whose identity has not yet been released , fled . The scene : This is the scene on Pine and Van Ness streets after a woman in San Francisco was shot dead by police because she was recklessly driving in what may have been a stolen car . She allegedly made a U-turn against traffic , struck several cars on the road , drove onto the sidewalk , and almost hit and killed a motorcyclist , reports SF GATE . 'She 's crashing into every car . I 'm going to have to take lethal force , ' said an officer in a frantic call to the dispatcher . Deputy Chief Hector Sainez said that the two officers 'fearing for their safety , ' fired two shots at the female driver at Pine and Van Ness streets and the car eventually stopped moving . Officers ordered medical aid for the woman but she died on the scene of her injuries . 'She was crazy , ' on witness told ABC . The woman 's vehicle : The possibly stolen black Volkswagen was towed after the shooting on Tuesday evening . Witness : 'She was crazy , ' said this witness of the female driver who was shot on Tuesday night . Witness Laurel Timms McNally told SF Gate that she was pumping gas into her van at the Chevron when she heard the sound of a car hitting something . She said she saw the crazed woman speed past her along with an unmarked police car . She says she heard gun shots and the car turning back around . ' I just started freaking out , ' she said . ' I hit the floor in my van . ' Witness Leo Tikhomirov , 42 , told The San Francisco Examiner that he saw people running down the street in fear . 'We saw around 30 people running on the street , ' Tikhomirov said . The origin of the stolen vehicle report was not known and the case remains under investigation . The shooting will be investigated by the District Attorney 's Office and the department . Fear for safety : Deputy Chief Hector Sainez said that the two officers 'fearing for their safety , ' fired two shots at the female driver at Pine and Van Ness streets on Tuesday evening .
The officers were conducting a stolen-vehicle investigation on Tuesday evening when they approached the woman in a back Volkswagen . When officers flashed their badges the woman , whose identity has not yet been released , fled . She allegedly made a U-turn against traffic , struck several cars on the road , drove onto the sidewalk , and almost hit and killed a motorcyclist . two cops fired shots and say they had to use 'lethal force ' to stop the woman . The woman died on the scene of her injuries .