A woman who was shot by a police officer responding to her 911 call about a possible sexual assault near her home lost so much blood from her single wound that she might not have been saved even if she had gotten quicker help, a medical examiner testified
Justine Ruszczyk Damond was hit in the iliac artery, a key artery in the abdomen, by the single shot from Mohamed Noor, now on trial on murder and manslaughter charges in the July 2017 death of the dual citizen of the U.S. and Australia.
Hennepin County assistant medical examiner Lorren Jackson said 1.6 liters of blood were found in Damond's abdominal cavity. Noor and his partner tried unsuccessfully to resuscitate Damond right after the shooting.Noor shot Damond in an alley behind her home in July 2017 when Damond — unarmed, barefoot and wearing pajamas — approached the police SUV where he and his partner were seated.
Attorneys for Noor, who was fired after being charged and has never talked to investigators about what happened, argued during opening statements Monday that he used reasonable force to defend himself and his partner from a perceived threat. Noor's partner that night, Matthew Harrity, told investigators he heard a thump right before the shooting that startled him.Tuesday's testimony included the display of the pajamas Damond was wearing.
Prosecutors' plans to introduce body camera video showing the aftermath of the shooting were stalled when Plunkett moved to exclude the footage, arguing it would be prejudicial to his client. The footage doesn't capture the shooting itself because officers turned them on only afterward. It shows the officers' attempts to save Damond.Damond, 40, was a life coach who was engaged to be married the month after her death.
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