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THE family of Justine Damond’s killer have declared his innocence, saying Mohamed Noor had mistakenly shot her dead.

“We feel so bad about this, we are traumatised ourselves. It’s so unfortunate,” a family member said.

“If you wait for the investigation you’ll know it was an honest and sincere event that transpired. Until then we can’t really say anything.”

The declaration came as a preliminary investigation by Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension revealed Noor and his fellow officer had been startled by a loud noise in the seconds before she approached their car and was shot.

Officer Matthew Harrity, 26, who was driving the Minneapolis police car responding to Ms Damond’s 911 call for help late Saturday night, described the last moments of Ms Damond’s life to investigators.

He said the loud noise — which was possibly fireworks, according to police radio — came just as Ms Damond walked to the squad car he was driving, around the corner from her home.

News Corp spoke to half a dozen residents who were in their houses around the crime scene on Saturday night and none had heard the gunshot or any other loud noises that sounded like fireworks. One resident a block from the scene, waiter Tom McConnell, said however it was common during the current summer holidays for fireworks left over from the recent July 4 celebrations to be set off on weekend nights.

The former Sydney woman, who was to be married to her US fiance within weeks, had called police to report what she thought was a sexual assault happening behind their house in southern Minneapolis.

Officer Noor, 31, immediately fired through the door of the car, and killed Ms Damond, 40, with a single gunshot to the abdomen.




Harrity was reportedly stunned when his partner opened fire.

Noor — who is the subject of two open complaints incurred in his two years on the job — has so far refused to be formally interviewed, and under federal law, he cannot be compelled to speak to investigators.

“Officer Noor’s attorney did not provide clarification on when, if ever, an interview would be possible,” the BCA said.

Minneapolis Mayor Besty Hodges last night called on Noor to explain himself.

“What happened? How is it that Justine is dead? We have more information tonight than we had when we woke up,” said Mayor Hodges.

“We don’t yet have all the answers. It’s frustrating to have some of the picture but not all of it. We cannot compel Officer Noor to make a statement — I wish we could.”

The investigation has been complicated by the fact the officers’ body cameras and their vehicle’s dash cam was not filming during the shooting. The lack of evidence prompted investigators to yesterday appeal for a mystery witness, described as a man aged 18-35 on a bike, who was riding past and saw the shooting.

There was embarrassment for the police department when Deputy Chief Medaria Arradondo revealed he was not aware Officer Noor was subject to investigation.

He was asked why, given the two open investigations into Mohammed Noor’s conduct, he remained in front line duties.

“At this time, I am not aware of the conduct that you are speaking of so I wouldn’t be able to talk about it right now,” he said.

Henepin County Attorney Mike Freeman is considering whether to charge Noor with murder, a decision he said could take months.

“We have to prove in order to charge a police officer whether they committed a crime and the facts show that they committed said crime,” he said.

“We don’t nearly have the information yet and it will be quite a period of time until we have it.”

Both Noor and Harrity are on paid administrative leave. Noor has moved from his modest apartment in northwest Minneapolis to his nearby parents’ home for support, while Harrity remains with close family at his semirural home in neighbouring Wisconsin.

His lawyer Fred Bruno said Harrity, a policeman for just a year, is “doing as well as he can under the circumstances”.

“This is a white hot case,” he told News Corp Australia, adding Harrity has “very difficult waters to navigate”.

“My client is co-operating with the investigation.”

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...136365861e1d02


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