Funeral for Shantel Davis in Brooklyn

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- Funeral services were held in Brooklyn Saturday for the woman who was shot by police during a confrontation.

Shantel Davis, 23, was killed by a police detective in Brooklyn.

Police say she was driving erratically through East Flatbush when she crashed into a minivan.

One of the officer's guns went off as they tried to pull her out of the vehicle.

Davis was driving a car police say she had carjacked.

Her family and community activists say they killed an unarmed woman.

Davis was awaiting trial on charges that she was part of a gang that killed a man during a break-in last year.

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