SAN ANTONIO —  A grand jury has indicted three San Antonio police officers for the fatal shooting of a woman who was experiencing what the city’s police chief called a “mental health crisis.”

Sgt. Alfred Flores and Officers Eleazar Alejandro and Nathaniel Villalobos were suspended without pay and later arrested on murder warrants in the shooting death of Melissa Perez, 46, when she refused police orders to come out of her apartment.

Flores and Alejandro are facing first-degree murder charges. Villalobos is charged with first-degree aggravated assault.

The grand jury determined the officers knowingly caused bodily injury to Perez. The three are scheduled to be arraigned on Friday.

On June 23, one of the three officers opened fire, Police Chief William McManus said during a June news conference, after Perez first threw a glass candlestick at the officers, then swung a hammer at them. All three officers then fired when Perez approached them again with the hammer, hitting her at least twice, according to McManus.

According to a lawsuit filed by her family, Perez experienced a “schizophrenic episode.” Court document says she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had been prescribed medication for it.

The lawsuit claims that officers did not check on Perez’s history, which confirms she had mental health problems and had previously been taken into protective custody by the department. The lawsuit also says that the department’s mental health team was not contacted.

“The officers’ actions were not consistent with SAPD’s policy and training,” McManus said in June.

“They placed themselves in a situation where they used deadly force, which was not reasonable given all the circumstances as we now understand them,” he continued.

More officers were at the scene, but they have not been charged.