FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Johanna Morrow plays the didgeridoo during a memorial service for Justine Ruszczyk Damond at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Damond was killed by Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor on July 15 after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home. The grand jury is scheduled to begin its work Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, as prosecutors decide whether to charge Noor in Damond's death.
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Johanna Morrow plays the didgeridoo during a memorial service for Justine Ruszczyk Damond at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Damond was killed by Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor on July 15 after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home. The grand jury is scheduled to begin its work Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, as prosecutors decide whether to charge Noor in Damond's death. Star Tribune via AP, File Aaron Lavinsky
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, Johanna Morrow plays the didgeridoo during a memorial service for Justine Ruszczyk Damond at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. Damond was killed by Minneapolis police Officer Mohamed Noor on July 15 after she called 911 to report a possible sexual assault near her home. The grand jury is scheduled to begin its work Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, as prosecutors decide whether to charge Noor in Damond's death. Star Tribune via AP, File Aaron Lavinsky

Grand jury convenes in police shooting of Australian woman

February 06, 2018 09:25 AM

More than 30 police officers have been subpoenaed as part of a grand jury investigation into the fatal police shooting of an Australian woman in Minneapolis.

The grand jury is scheduled to begin its work Tuesday as prosecutors decide whether to charge Officer Mohamed Noor in the July death of 40-year-old Justine Ruszczyk Damond. She was shot in an alley as Noor and his partner responded to her call about a possible sex assault behind her home.

Minneapolis' police union president, Bob Kroll, says most of the 30 officers subpoenaed to testify are Noor's trainers and academy educators.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman convened the grand jury as he weighs whether to charge Noor, who has refused to speak with investigators. Noor's partner told investigators Noor fired his weapon after hearing a loud noise right before Damond approached their police SUV.

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