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The Latest: Minneapolis chief resigns after fatal shooting

Betsy Custis, right, and others attend a march in honor of Justine Damond at Beard's Plaissance Park, Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Minneapolis. Damond, of Australia, was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer on Saturday, July 15 after calling 911 to report what she believed was a possible assault. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)
Betsy Custis, right, and others attend a march in honor of Justine Damond at Beard's Plaissance Park, Thursday, July 20, 2017, in Minneapolis. Damond, of Australia, was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer on Saturday, July 15 after calling 911 to report what she believed was a possible assault. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

By Associated Press 5 min read

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Latest on an Australian woman fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer after calling 911 (all times local):

5:55 p.m.

The Minneapolis police chief has resigned following the fatal shooting of an Australian woman by a police officer.

Chief Janee (juh-NAY’) Harteau (HAR’-toh) stepped down Friday, just a day after making her first remarks on the death of 40-year-old Justine Damond. Damond was shot Saturday night by an officer responding to her 911 call about a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her house.

A statement from the city says Harteau quit at the request of Mayor Betsy Hodges.