Oct 09, 2013 02:47 PM EDT
Washington Car Chase Update: Woman Was Driving Backwards During Shootout

A Connecticut woman who led police on a chase from the White House to the U.S. Capitol last week was driving in reverse when officers started firing at her vehicle.

Miriam Carey, 34, was killed near a guard house, said a search warrant made public this week, according to The Washington Post.

Documents outlined details about the shooting, which took place last week. Carey, who tried to ram a barricade at the White House, was shot near the Capitol before here Nissan Infiniti crashed.

Officials did say in the documents that during a search of the vehicle they found a gray 11-by-14-inch box with discharge documents from Stamford Hospital, an uncashed check, a passport, a Social Security card, and a plastic zip-lock bag with foreign currency.

The documents doesn't explain what prompted Carey's actions. She was a dental hygienist from Stamford who dealt with mental issues and thought President Obama was monitoring her at all times, according to The Washington Post.

Carey also had driver's licenses in her name from Connecticut, valid through Aug. 2015, and New York, which had expired in April.

Carey's 1-year-old daughter was inside the vehicle at the time of the crash. She was not harmed during the incident.

Officers could be seen in a video firing seven shots after her car backed into a police car and tried driving away.

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