MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a woman who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer after she called 911 to report a possible assault are working on a civil rights complaint.
FILE – In this March 21, 2018, file photo, former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor, right, leaves the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility with his attorney, Thomas Plunkett, after posting bail in Minneapolis. Noor, who is charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the July 15, 2017, killing of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, of Australia, is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP, File)
Justine Ruszczyk Damond was shot by former Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor in July 2017. Ruszczyk was engaged to Don Damond. Attorney Robert Bennett says he plans to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court.
Prosecutors say Noor was in a squad car’s passenger seat when he shot Damond through the driver’s side window after she approached the vehicle. They say there’s no evidence Noor encountered a threat that justified deadly force.
No further details about the complaint have been released. A news conference is scheduled for Monday afternoon.
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