text: Authorities have released the name of a woman who was fatally shot when officers say she fired at them from the back of a patrol car in downtown Atlanta. The Fulton County medical examiner's office identified the woman as 25-year-old Alexia Christian. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon near the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta. Major Darin Schierbaum said police were investigating a call about a stolen car when the two officers saw Christian sitting inside the vehicle in a parking deck. Scroll down for video . Christian was killed by police after she allegedly opened fire on them while sitting in the back of a cop car near the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta on Thursday . At one point Christian fired at least two shots at the officers, and they returned fire, critically wounding her . Schierbaum said Christian was taken into custody and placed in a patrol car. He said that at one point she fired at least two shots at the officers, and they returned fire, fatally wounding her. Witnesses told AJC.com, people were startled by the gunfire near the downtown intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Pryor Street. Tressa Madden, who was trying to cross the street at the time, said: 'We heard three shots. 'We heard three more shots and everybody ran back across the street.' She said she saw an officer fire his weapon but could not see who it was aimed at. Another witness, Valencia Riden said she heard several shots as she approached the intersection, but wasn't sure where the shots were being fired. 'We just took off running,' she said. First responders performed CPR before an ambulance arrived, reports Channel 2. She was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital but died from her injuries. Eyewitnesses said Christian had been handcuffed and must have somehow got one hand free to fire a gun. Schierbaum said it was unclear how she was able to fire a gun while in the patrol car and that police are investigating whether she had been handcuffed. Photos from the scene show a pair of handcuffs on the trunk of the squad car. Department spokesman Greg Lyon confirmed the two officers weren't injured. At a press conference last night, he said: 'Atlanta police commanders wanted to release information as quickly as it could be confirmed. 'We owe it to the people we serve to be as transparent as we can in these types of situations.' Police are now looking for surveillance footage from the surrounding area. When probed for details, officials confirmed that both the woman and officers were African American. Video taken just moments after the shooting shows officers pulling Christian out of the back of the squad car after she was shot . Officers inspect a .380-caliber semi-automatic pistol found at the scene of Thursday's fatal shooting near the Underground Atlanta precinct . Police were investigating a call about a stolen car when the two officers saw the woman sitting inside the vehicle in a parking deck and took her into custody. A red wig appears to have been left on the ground .
target: An unnamed woman was shot by police after she allegedly opened fire on them while sitting in the back of a cop car .
  The incident happened near the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta on Thursday .
  The woman had been taken into custody after being found sitting inside a stolen car .
  At one point the woman fired at least two shots at the officers, and they returned fire, fatally wounding her .