The woman shot to death by Long Beach police Wednesday was trying to become an officer at the department, according to authorities.

Coroners officials identified her Friday as Michele Anne-Marie Rice, a 33-year-old Long Beach resident.

A co-worker at a local gym where Rice was a personal trainer said she had family in law enforcement and had hoped to get into the profession herself.

Before her death, Rice was in the early stages of applying to be an officer at the Long Beach Police Department, said department spokeswoman Marlene Arrona.

Officers opened fire on Rice shortly before midnight Wednesday when she pointed a gun at them outside a home near the intersection of Studebaker Road and Spring Street, police said.

The officers had confronted her after receiving a 911 call from her boyfriend reporting she’d fired a gun at him as he drove away, according to authorities.

Police said the boyfriend is an employee at the CHP but declined to say in what capacity. He escaped unharmed, and no Long Beach police officers were hurt.

Rice and her boyfriend were arguing before he left the home and she opened fire on him, according to police.

Rice’s co-worker, Josh McKnight, said Rice and her boyfriend were in a long-term committed relationship.

Sometimes Rice talked about tension between the two sparked by unusually small disagreements, according to McKnight.

“Nothing too abnormal,” he said, adding, “She would sometimes complain about fighting about really petty things.”

According to McKnight, a client of Rice’s informed him of her death early Thursday morning.

The client reportedly told him the couple was having a minor argument that escalated into the gunfire.

Rice was well-liked at the East Long Beach gym, according to McKnight.

“She was bubbly, outgoing, really enthusiastic,” he said.

Coming from a family with law-enforcement background, Rice would not have taken the idea of firing a gun at someone lightly, according to McKnight.

“She wasn’t one of those people who would like accidentally play around with firearms that way,” he said. “That’s why it’s just kind of surprising that she would take it to such an extreme level.”