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Officer convicted of murder in 911 caller death

- — Associated Press

A Minneapoli­s police officer was convicted of murder Tuesday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman who approached his squad car minutes after calling 911 to report a possible rape behind her home.

Mohamed Noor was convicted of thirddegre­e murder as well as manslaught­er in the July 2017 death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a 40-year-old dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia. He wasn’t convicted of the most serious charge of intentiona­l second-degree murder.

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