A Minnesota police officer who shot and killed a black driver just after the man told him he had a gun “did what he had to do,” a defense attorney argued Monday. Officer Jeronimo Yanez fatally shot Philando Castile, a 32-year-old cafeteria worker during a traffic stop on July 6, 2016. AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY OFFICER JERONIMO YANEZ AS MAN WHO FATALLY SHOT BLACK MAN IN MINNESOTAProsecutors earlier argued Yenez never saw Castile with a gun, and had plenty of options that did not involve shooting Castile. Castile looked like a man who robbed a convenience store days earlier, Yanez’s attorney Early Gray argued to the jury. Officer Yanez might have heard that Castile was reaching for his wallet, he added.

Source: Fox News June 12, 2017 21:00 UTC