What is Shooting of Philando Castile?
[[File:Philando Castile - Falcon Heights Police Shooting (27864126610).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Philando Castile's car being investigated after the shooting]] '''Philando Castile''' was a 32-year-old [[African American]] man who was [[shooting|shot]] dead by two Minnesota [[police officer]]s during a routine [[traffic stop]] on July 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/philando-castile-family-settlement.html | title=Philando Castile Family Reaches $3 Million Settlement | work=The New York Times | date=26 June 2017 | last1=Smith | first1=Mitch }}</ref> Castile was driving with his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds and her 4-year-old daughter when they were pulled over by Officer Yanez and his partner. Yanez asked Castile for his [[driver's license|license]] and registration and Castile told him that he was legally carrying a [[firearm]]. The officers told him not to reach for it, to which Castile told them he was not reaching for his weapon. Yanez fired 7 [[rounds]] at close range, hitting Castile 5 times. Castile died 20 minutes later.<ref>https://www.ramseycounty.us/sites/default/files/County%20Attorney/Exhibit%201a%20-%20Traffic%20Stop%20Transcript.pdf</ref><ref>https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNHENNE/2016/07/07/file_attachments/582665/2016-3828%2BCastile%252C%2BPhilando.pdf</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20170607174350/http://www.startribune.com/the-latest-lab-supervisor-traces-bullets-in-castile-car/427038431/</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:People shot and killed by law enforcement officers in the United States]] [[Category:Black Lives Matter]]