Former Minneapolis Police Officer Mohamed Noor is Released From Custody

Saint Cloud, MN, USA / KNSI

Jennifer Lewerenz

Jun 27, 2022 | 9:29 AM

Associated Press

(KNSI) — Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor is home after his third-degree murder conviction, and his subsequent 12 and a half-year prison sentence was overturned.

The 36-year-old Noor was found guilty in a 2019 jury trial of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after the July 2017 shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned the third-degree murder conviction in September of 2021, saying Noor’s actions did not meet the legal standard of a “depraved mind,” and the shooting was aimed at a single person.

Noor was sentenced to under five years in prison in October of 2021. That moved up his release date to June 27th, 2022. He will be on supervised release until January of 2024.

Damond called 911 the night of July 15th, 2017, to report a possible sexual assault behind her home. Noor said he was in fear of an ambush leading up to the shooting.

Noor was the first police officer in Minnesota to be convicted in a shooting while on duty.

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