Justine Damond: Malcolm Turnbull demands answers over 'inexplicable' shooting

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the Federal Government is seeking answers about the "inexplicable" shooting of Australian Justine Damond by a police officer in Minneapolis. Harrity told the agency's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is investigating the shooting, that he was startled by a loud sound near the vehicle and that immediately afterward, Damond approached the driver's-side window and Noor shot her through the open window, the Department of Public Safety said in a statement Tuesday. Damond died of a gunshot wound in the abdomen, the Hennepin county medical examiner’s office said in concluding that her death was a homicide. The Minneapolis mayor, Betsy Hodges, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota have questioned why Minneapolis police who fatally shot Damond did not have their body cameras and vehicle dashboard camera turned on at the time. The fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, 40, who had already taken her fiancé's last name, Damond, has prompted family members and Australia's prime minister to demand answers to how she ended up dead at the hands of police.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expresses shock and demands answers after an Australian woman, who called 9-1-1 for help because of a suspected assault near her home, was murdered on Saturday by a U.S. police officer who had responded in Minneapolis, Minnesota.