Former Minneapolis Cop Found Guilty of Murder in Shooting Death of Unarmed Australian Woman
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the 2017 shooting death of an unarmed woman who called police to report a possible crime.
The officer—who fired one shot that killed Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a 40-year-old dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia—was found not guilty of the most serious charge against him, second-degree murder.
The Hennepin County jury reached their verdict in two days, a quick conclusion after a highly publicized three-week trial to determine whether Noor, 33, was justified in his use of deadly force when he fatally shot Damond behind her home a month before her wedding.
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