Dutton is convinced that Officer Jeronimo Yanez saw a gun before he shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop in a St. Paul suburb.
According to reports, Castile informed Yanez he was armed during a traffic stop.
Officer Jeronimo Yanez is charged with manslaughter in the death of Philando Castile.
Squad auto video recorded Yanez in the moments after the shooting telling a supervisor that he didn't know where the gun was.
"I was scared to death".
This was the first time we've heard from Yanez, since he was charged with manslaughter in the 32-year-old's death last July. "My family was popping up in my head. My wife. My baby girl". Officer Kauser. I was concerned about the front seat passenger.
"Because I know that the people are not protected against the police", Reynolds said, according to the Associated Press. "I had no other choice".
After Castile was stopped, Yanez asked him to present his driver's license and insurance card. I was forced to engage Mr. Castile. "Those were not my intentions". The charge against the officer requires prosecutors to show Yanez acted recklessly and unreasonably given the situation.
Yanez has said he was justified in stopping Castile's auto because he resembled a suspect in a convenience store robbery, court documents said. He did not contact dispatch.
Yanez proceeded to follow police protocol when he walked up to Castile's vehicle and asked to see his license and proof of insurance, Dutton said.
Squad auto video recorded after the shooting shows Yanez telling a supervisor that he did not know where the gun was, although it also recorded him saying he told Castile to take his hand off it. Yanez said it was implied.
Prosecutors argue Yanez acted unreasonably in shooting Castile.
"The only way you see a barrel is if you see the tip of the gun, and you said it twice". Castile started saying he wasn't reaching for it, but the officer interrupted and said, "Don't pull it out".
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension noted that one of the bullets fired into the auto hit the arm rest near where Reynolds was seated.
The defense maintains that Castile was reaching for his gun despite Yanez's repeated commands not to.
He said the inconsistencies in his statements to the BCA were due to him "trying to fumble my way through stress".
Yanez said he meant to tell investigators that he saw the top of the slide, on the back part of the gun, rather than the barrel.
But after a brief recess, Leary sided with Yanez's attorneys and sustained their objections to the request.
The defense has rested their case in the trial of Jeronimo Yanez over the fatal shooting of Philando Castile.
Erdman drove Yanez home in Erdman's personal vehicle the night of the shooting.
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"Correct, but it doesn't always mean that's what he was doing", Yanez said. "Why did he have to reach for it?"
At times, the 29-year-old Latino man wiped his eyes with a tissue as defense attorney Tom Kelly asked him questions.
Erdman also gave a ride to Yanez after his BCA interview.
"So are you saying that when Officer Yanez said, 'I don't know where the gun was, ' he really did know where the gun was?"
Kapelsohn agreed, but said nerves weren't the reason Yanez shot.
Yanez is expected to take the stand in his own defense Friday afternoon.
Defense attorneys then proceeded to play a squad cam video of Olson giving $40 to Reynolds after Reynolds told him that she and her daughter were hungry and did not have food.
Reynolds pulled out her cellphone and began live-streaming the shooting's aftermath on Facebook as Castile bled to death.
Dusterhoft was able to confirm with Olson that Reynolds had learned only an hour prior that Castile had died when she told him she was hungry.
The location of Castile's gun and what Yanez saw are key issues in whether the officer was justified to use deadly force.
He holds degrees from Yale University and Harvard Law School and certification as a firearms instructor for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Rifle Association.
Retired police officer Joseph Dutton, who now teaches classes on the use of force, testified he's convinced that Yanez saw the gun.
Dutton said he reviewed all the videos, transcripts and police reports.
He said he also visited the crime scene during the day and evening to get a better understanding of the lighting conditions Yanez would have experienced.
Choi has said Castile's loaded pistol was found in his shorts pocket.
Kapelsohn said tests he conducted showed it would take three-tenths of a second to draw a gun like Castile's from a holster in the pocket of shorts like Castile was wearing.
Paulsen pressed him on why he didn't mention in his written report that both Castile and his girlfriend told Yanez that he wasn't reaching for his gun.
Dutton added that Yanez's ability to accurately describe Castile's handgun after the shooting indicated he told the truth.
Testimony ended Friday; closing arguments are scheduled for Monday morning.
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