MINNEAPOLIS - An Australian woman who called 911 to report what she believed to be an active sexual assault was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer.
Authorities have released no details about what led to Saturday's shooting of Justine Damond. The meditation teacher and bride-to-be was killed by an officer who fired from the passenger seat of a squad car.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office says Damond died of a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Her death was ruled a homicide.
Her fiancé, Don Damond, says the family has been given almost no additional information.
the officer who fired is Mohamed Noor, a Somali-American. He joined the police department in March 2015.