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Minnesota

Prosecutors ask for 911 call

played in ex-cop’s murder trial

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the upcoming trial of a former Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman want jurors to hear a 911 call the officer responded to shortly before the shooting.

Prosecutors say in pre-trial filings Friday that the call to check on the welfare of an elderly woman who appeared lost shows Mohamed Noor’s “lack of investigative curiosity” because Noor and his partner never found her. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that prosecutors also say it also shows “a disregard for public safety.”

Noor is scheduled to go on trial April 1 for the death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond on July 15, 2017. Damond had called police to report a possible assault.

Sheriff: 3 dead, deputy injured

in northern Minnesota

NEVIS, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota authorities are investigating the deaths of three people, including a gunman who led sheriff’s deputies on a car chase while exchanging gunfire.

The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responding to a shooting in the City of Nevis Thursday found a woman dead outside a home shortly before 8 p.m. Deputies pursued the suspect, who fled in the victim’s car.

Authorities have not released the name and gender of the suspect or how the three deceased are related.

Authorities say the suspect shot at deputies during the chase and struck one of them. The deputy survived.

The suspect’s car ended in a ditch. Authorities say the suspect left the car and shot at deputies before getting back in and was later found dead in the vehicle. Another person who was shot was also in the car.

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