The St. Paul, Minn., police chief on Tuesday said he took "swift, decisive and serious" action against an officer who shot an unarmed man over the weekend.
During an afternoon press conference during which Police Chief Todd Axtell didn't take questions, he said state law prevented him from disclosing the action he took, but Fox News learned the officer was fired from the force.
Axtell played police body camera footage that shows an officer trying to talk a man out of a dumpster following a domestic dispute. "Don't run," the officer yells moments before four gunshots are heard.
The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the injured man as Joseph Javonte Washington, 31, of Lakeville. In the video, he is on the ground being.
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