A 70-year-old woman was fatally shot by police Wednesday afternoon after allegedly lunging at an officer with a knife during a possible behavioral health crisis, officials said.

This is the second fatal Baltimore Police officer-involved shooting in West Baltimore in a little more than a week.

Baltimore police and fire officials responded to two calls of a behavioral health crisis just after 2:30 p.m. at a home in the 2700 block of Mosher Street, Commissioner Richard Worley said in a news conference. This year alone, Worley said, they have gotten about 20 calls for behavioral health issues at this particular house that is in the residential neighborhood lined with attached rowhomes, cars and trees.

“This is a nationwide crisis with behavioral health and, unfortunately, too many of them end up with use of force,” Worley said. “This one, they [officers] weren’t able to deescalate, and it ended in tragedy.”

Police and firefighters tried talking to the woman in an effort to detain and take her to a hospital for treatment, Worley said. She pulled out a knife and lunged at officers and firefighters, Worley said.

To subdue her, Worley said, officers shocked her with a Taser. However, she tried lunging toward the officer with a knife again, Worley said. Officers gave verbal commands, and one fell over a chair while trying to leave the house, officials said.

The woman lunged at the officer on the ground and, according to Worley, another officer tried to use the Taser again and a third shot her twice. She and the officer who fell were taken to a hospital, Worley said.

The woman died from her injuries.

Members of the Maryland Attorney General’s office were on the scene Wednesday. The attorney general’s Independent Investigations Division investigates fatal officer-involved shootings in Maryland.

Janet Bailey, the president of the Laburt Improvement Community Association, said she shed a tear when she learned about the 70-year-old woman’s death.

One question rang in her head: “Why didn’t they call somebody from the [Crisis] Stabilization Center at the Tuerk House,” Bailey said, “You’ve been there over 20 times. That’s a call for help.”

The Crisis Stabilization Center at Tuerk House admits people under drug or alcohol influence or other health issues for short-term medical care and social services. Founded in 1970, Tuerk House is in Mosher, about a four-minute walk from where the fatal shooting unfolded on Wednesday. The center accepts referrals from Baltimore City Fire Department Emergency Medical Services, all city hospitals, other treatment providers, Baltimore Crisis Response (including mobile crisis teams) and welcomes walk-ins.

Bailey said her action items Thursday are as follows: pick up information from Tuerk House about resources available to people and visit the 2700 block of Mosher Street to share with neighbors and listen to how they feel.

This is the third Baltimore Police officer-involved fatal shooting this year. Just eight days ago, Baltimore police officers fatally shot arabber Bilal “BJ” Abdullah 38 times after he fired three shots at them in the 1700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.

Abdullah’s shooting, which also happened in West Baltimore, sparked outrage among residents toward police and led to a rally Friday ahead of his funeral Saturday. On Monday, police released the body camera video that showed the moments that led up to the deadly shooting between Abdullah and police.

Last month, officers fatally shot 26-year-old Jai Marc Howell around 24 times after he fired at them in the 4600 block of York Road.

The incident on Wednesday adds to a week that started with two quadruple shootings in the West Baltimore area on Monday. The first happened in Carrollton Ridge, a neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore, around 7 p.m.

The second quadruple shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of Edmondson Avenue, about five minutes from the scene of the first shooting and three minutes from the police-involved shooting on Wednesday. There were no deaths in either of the quadruple shootings, and no arrests have been made, a police spokesperson said.