Monday 27 June 2022 11:57 PM Minneapolis cop who shot dead Australian Justine Ruszczyk walks free from ... trends now Cop who shot dead an innocent Australian yoga instructor who called 911 about a disturbance outside her home walks free from prison By Tita Smith For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:54 BST, 27 June 2022 | Updated: 23:55 BST, 27 June 2022 Viewcomments A former Minneapolis cop who shot dead an unarmed Australian yoga instructor who called 911 about a potential sexual assault outside her home has walked free from jail. Mohamed Noor, 36, gunned down Justine Ruszczyk, 40, on the night of July 15, 2017, as he and fellow officer Matthew Harrity arrived at her home to investigate the disturbance. He was found guilty of third-degree murder and manslaughter by a jury in April 2019 and sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison, which was last year reduced to four years and nine months after the murder charge was wiped on appeal. After serving over three years behind bars, Noor was released from prison on Monday, according to online records from the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Justine Ruszczyk, 40, (pictured) was shot dead in July 2017 after calling police to her Minnesota home to investigate a potential sexual assault The death of Ms Ruszczyk sparked outrage in Australia and the US, where there were protests in Minnesota calling for police accountability, with the chief of the force later resigning. Ms Ruszczyk had called 911, the American equivalent of 000, claiming to have heard a woman screaming in the alley beside her home. She feared it was a sexual assault and ran outside when the cop car arrived, approaching it from behind. Harrity told investigators they were startled by a loud noise when they pulled into the alley. Ms Ruszczyk then approached the driver's side of the car and Noor, sitting in the passenger seat, pulled his trigger, killing her at the scene. Noor never testified, nor was he interviewed by police. The only information his lawyers gave was that he may have been scared of her - even though she was unarmed. Ms Ruszczyk's family won a $20 million settlement from The City of Minneapolis after filing a wrongful death lawsuit. Her fiancé, Don Damond, condemned the Minneapolis Police Department for not doing more to change the culture within the department after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Derek Chauvin. 'Other than body camera policy, can you point to what has changed? Can you point to anything that has changed? I can’t,' he said in an interview in 2020. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility