A Hennepin County jury has found former Minneapolis Officer Mohamed Noor guilty of second-degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in the shooting death of Justine Damond. Noor was acquitted of the most serious charge of second-degree murder.
The jury deliberated for about 11 hours over two days after hearing from 60 witnesses and viewing more than 1,000 pieces of evidence during the two week trial.
During closing arguments, Noor's atttorney Thomas Plunkett called the death of Justine Damond, "the perfect storm" of events that happened in milliseconds.
Plunkett, began his closing argument Monday by banging his lectern, shouting a profanity and saying, "Pow!"
Plunkett was recreating testimony by Noor that he heard a loud bang right before Damond approached his squad car, followed by his partner swearing and struggling to pull out his gun, right before Noor fired.
Plunkett told the jury: "Mr. Noor acted as he was trained. He acted as a reasonable police officer."