Facebook Video Captures Aftermath Of Fatal Police Encounter In Minnesota

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A 32-year-old Minnesota man has reportedly died, wednesday night after being shot by a police officer during an apparent traffic stop. The aftermath of the shooting was captured on Facebook Live.

Local CBS affiliate WCCO confirmed that the man shot by police was Philando Castile, according to his family. He died at the Hennepin County Medical Center.

St Anthony police confirmed that a man shot by one of their officers died at the hospital, but are yet to release his name.

Ms Reynolds described the sequence of events repeatedly throughout the video, during which she said the officer asked the driver for his license and registration. 

“He told him that it was in his wallet, but he had a pistol on him because he’s licensed to carry. The officer said don’t move. As he was putting his hands back up, the officer shot him in the arm four or five times,” she said.


Warning: This video contains graphic content

The officer can be heard yelling in the video: “I told him not to reach for it. I told him to get his hand out.”

The woman's four-year-old daughter was inside of the vehicle when the shooting took place. 

During the 10-minute video, Ms Reynolds was ordered out of her vehicle by a group of mostly-white police officers, and placed in the back of a squad car while handcuffed. Her daughter later joined her. At one point in the video, the child tells her mother, "It's OK. I'm right here with you."

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