Minnesota trooper is charged with murder in shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop

Published January 24, 2024 4:35 PM

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TRISHA AHMED
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state trooper has been charged with murder in the shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II after he failed to get out of his car during a July traffic stop. Trooper Ryan Londregan was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, first-degree assault and second degree manslaughter in the death of Cobb, a 33-year-old Black man. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced the charges at a news conference on Wednesday. An attorney for Londregan called his client “a hero” and attacked Moriarty. According to the criminal complaint, Londregan shot Cobb twice moments after Cobb took his foot off the brake.

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