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Fireworks May Have Startled Cop Who Shot Bride-to-Be

Fireworks may have played a role in the fatal police shooting of an Australian bride-to-be in Minneapolis on Saturday night—but investigators are having trouble finding out more because the officer involved has clammed up. 

Minnesota's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the shooting of Justine Damond and it says Matthew Harrity, the other officer present, has told them he was "startled by a loud sound" as they drove down an alley following up Damond's 911 call about a possible sexual assault in progress, the Pioneer Press reports. 

The BCA says Harrity told them Damond approached the driver's side window of the squad car immediately afterward, and was shot by officer Mohamed Noor.

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