A jury late on Tuesday found former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer Mohamed Noor has been found guilty of two counts in the shooting death of former Sydney resident Justine Ruszczyk Damond.

The jury deliberated for only eleven hours on Monday and Tuesday.  They found Noor not guilty of Second Degree murder, but guilty of Third Degree murder and Second Degree manslaughter.  Under state law, the former requires the jury to determine the defendant committed he crime with a "depraved mind", and carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years; the latter manslaughter conviction means the jury believed Noor acted wrecklessly and was culpably negligent.

As Noor has never been convicted of a crime previous to this and lived his life as a police officer, it is unlikely he will get the maximum sentences when he is sentenced on 7 June.

On 15 July 2017, Justine Damond Ruszczyk called police to report a possible sexual assault behind her home.  When she approached the police car in the middle of the night, Noor drew his service weapon and fired across the driver's side of the police vehicle at Ms. Damond Ruszczyk, killing her.  The jury had plenty of video from the police body and squad car cameras.