WASHINGTON: A former US police officer on trial for fatally shooting an Australian woman told a Minneapolis court Friday that he fired to protect his partner, but never saw a gun - only a blonde woman in a pink T-shirt with her right arm raised.
He said he believed there was an imminent threat after he saw a cyclist stop near their police cruiser, heard a loud bang and saw partner Matthew Harrity's"reaction to the person on the driver's side raising her right arm." He said that after Damond aapproached the cruiser, his partner screamed"Oh, Jesus!" and began fumbling to unholster his gun."I fired once, she took a couple of steps back and was falling to the ground," Noor said, describing how Harrity immediately began exiting the cruiser.
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