The Latest: No quick verdict in Minneapolis cop's trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Latest on the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an unarmed woman in July 2017 (all times local):
7:25 p.m.
The jury that will decide the case of a Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an unarmed woman has wrapped up its first half day of deliberations without a verdict.
Mohamed Noor was charged with murder and manslaughter in the July 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a 40-year-old dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia who had called 911 to report a possible rape behind her home.
Prosecutors say Noor was not justified when he shot and killed Damond. His defense argues his actions were reasonable given all the circumstances. Noor testified he shot Damond after hearing a bang on his squad car, seeing his partner's fearful reaction, then seeing Damond outside his partner's window, raising her arm.
The jury of 10 men and two women is sequestered. Deliberations resume Tuesday.
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2:55 p.m.
A Minnesota jury now has the case of a Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in the 2017 death of an unarmed woman.
Mohamed Noor is charged in the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual U.S.-Australia citizen who approached his squad car minutes after calling 911 to report a possible rape behind her home.
The case went to the jury Monday after four weeks of jury selection and testimony. After alternate jurors were dismissed, the jury makeup is 10 men and two women. Half of the jurors are people of color.
Damond, a 40-year-old life coach who was due to be married the month after her death, was white.
The 33-year-old Noor is a Somali-Minnesotan whose hiring in 2015 was trumpeted by city leaders seeking to diversify the police force.
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