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Phoenix police say a woman shot at officers as they were cleaning up her yard on Monday evening. 

An officer shot back at the woman but she was not shot, according to a statement from Phoenix police. She was arrested after hours of negotiations and was injured with less-lethal rounds. 

It started when “community action” officers were at a home near 47th Avenue and Greenway Road with a representative from the city’s Neighborhood Services Department and at least four volunteers to clean up the yard, police said.

The homeowner was aware the group was coming but it is not clear yet if the woman, who lives in the home, was aware, Phoenix Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Ann Justus said in a news conference Monday night.

Around 2 p.m. the 51-year-old woman exited the home, fired a gun at officers and went back into the home. Police removed the representative and volunteers from the scene. No one was injured, Justus said. 

The woman came out a second time and pointed a gun at officers, Justus said. One officer shot at her but she was not hit.

The woman went back inside and refused to exit while the police negotiated with her for several hours. Police eventually entered the home and at some point shot less-lethal munitions before arresting the woman, Justus said.

The woman was treated for minor injuries. 

“It does not appear that she was struck by the gunfire from the officers. She was struck with less-lethal rounds during the negotiations,” Justus said.

The officer who shot at the woman is 35 years old, Justus said. 

Law enforcement have shot at least 18 people in Arizona so far this year, according to analysis by The Arizona Republic.

Reach breaking news reporter Nienke Onneweer at [email protected] or on Twitter @thenienke.

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