Chief: Hand movements justified fatal shooting

BILLINGS (AP) — An unarmed robbery suspect moved his hands six times in defiance of an officer's orders before the officer fatally shot him during a traffic stop, Billings Police Chief Rich St. John said Wednesday.

St. John said the actions captured on a police dash-cam video justified the officer's decision to draw his weapon and shoot Richard Ramirez, 38, three times.

"I'm upset we had a tragic end to this," St. John said. "I'm confident we did things properly."

A search of the car in which Ramirez was a passenger found drug paraphernalia but no weapons, St. John said.

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