MINNEAPOLIS — A fired Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman is free on bail. Mohamed Noor and his attorney, Thomas Plunkett, walked out of the Hennepin County Jail around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday after posting $400,000 bail following his first court appearance earlier in the day. Noor was charged Tuesday with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. He shot her last July while responding to the woman’s 911 call about a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her home. The conditions of Noor’s bail include no contact with his former partner, Matthew Harrity, who was driving the squad car when Noor shot Damond through the driver’s window.

Source: National Post March 22, 2018 07:57 UTC