Ex-Minneapolis police officer faces trial for killing Australian Justine Damond


FILE PHOTO: Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor and his attorney Tom Plunkett (L) leave the Hennepin County jail after posting bail in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Craig Lassig

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota prosecutors on Tuesday will argue that former police officer Mohamed Noor committed murder when he shot Australian national Justine Damond near her home after she reported a suspected crime, in the trial's opening statements.

Attorneys for Noor, 33, are expected to argue in Hennepin County District Court that he was responding to a perceived deadly threat after he and his partner heard an unexplained loud noise and the 40-year-old Damond approached their car in an alley near her Minneapolis home, prompting Noor to shoot out of his window.

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