A Minnesota State Patrol trooper has been charged after fatally shooting a Black motorist in July.
Ryan Londregan has been charged with second-degree unintentional murder , first-degree assault and second-degree manslaughter , a news release from the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said.
Ricky Cobb II was killed on 31 July 2023 after a traffic stop in Minneapolis . The victim was already pulled over at the scene with two other troopers, identified as Trooper A and Trooper B, before Mr Londregan arrived at around 2.11am approximately 20 minutes later, the complaint said.
Mr Cobb had been stopped because he was driving at night without his lights on.
Trooper A told Mr Londregan that Mr Cobb was wanted for a violation of a protective order in Ramsey County, although there was no arrest warrant outstanding for that case.
They were waiting to hear back from Ramsey County to see if they wanted him arrested, and later, Trooper A told the others that the county allegedly did want him arrested and brought to jail, the complaint stated.