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The woman killed during gunfire with deputies had threatened suicide by cop, according to her caregiver who called 911. Major Frank Stout with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office identified the woman killed as 60-year-old Kay Frances Campbell.Deputies were called a home on East Blue Ridge Road just before 5 p.m Monday, Stout said.The caregiver, who made the 911 call, told the dispatcher that she had been having problems with Campbell, but that Campbell had never been physical in the past. The caregiver told the dispatcher that Campbell had a gun, but she said Campbell had told her she didn't know where it was. To listen to the 911 call, click here. The caregiver told the dispatcher that Campbell had knocked the earphones off her neck and threatened suicide by cop if the caregiver called the police. According to the 911 call released, the caregiver was sitting in her car outside the home when she called police. Stout said based on information the caregiver told them, deputies decided they needed to check on Campbell. He said deputies spoke with Campbell inside the home for about an hour. Stout said while deputies were waiting on involuntary commitment papers for Campbell, she pulled a gun and deputies opened fire.Stout said the deputies "feared for their lives." Investigators have not yet said if Campbell took her own life, or if she was struck by bullets fired by deputies.The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation in investigating as part of protocol, Stout said.