- Officers Dustin Schwarze and Mark Ringgenberg both told investigators Clark refused orders to take his hands out of his pockets.
- Read the transcript
- Both officers said Ringgenberg produced his firearm when Clark refused to cooperate.
- Read the transcript
- Ringgenberg said he tried to forcibly remove one of Clark's hands from his pockets while Schwarze took the other.
- Read the transcript
- Footage from the back of the ambulance carrying RayAnn Hayes shows Ringgenberg taking Clark down.
- See the video
- Schwarze told investigators his partner began screaming repeatedly that Clark had his gun. Ringgengberg said he reached back and felt Clark's hand on his weapon.
- Read the transcript
- Schwarze told investigators he put his weapon to Clark's head after Ringgenberg told him Clark had a hand on his gun.
- Read the transcript
- In separate interviews, both Schwarze and Ringgenberg told investigators they heard Clark say "I'm ready to die" when Schwarze threatened to shoot him. County Attorney Freeman said the evidence showed no other witnesses heard this statement.
- Read the transcript
- Schwarze had his gun to Clark's face. Clark at that point still would not let go of the gun, according to the officers.
- Read the transcript
- Schwarze told investigators the slide was partially pulled back, so the gun did not fire when it was pointed at Clark's face near his mouth.
- Read the transcript
- Schwarze told investigators he immediately knew he struck Clark once the gun fired.
- Read the transcript
- Several witnesses, including Tequila Dillon, said they saw Clark in handcuffs after he was shot.
- Read the transcript
- Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman presented the DNA report and forensic photos of Clark's wrists, saying they prove he was not handcuffed.
- Read the transcript
- Ringgenberg told investigators he learned the move as a police officer in San Diego.
- Read related article
- Witness Danny Braylock's video taken immediately afterward shows witnesses converging on the scene as the officers call for backup.
- Watch the video
- Leading to this point: At 12:20 a.m. on Nov. 15, 2015, paramedics responded to a 911 call from RayAnn Hayes, who said she was injured in an altercation. Medics called for police assistance, and officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze arrived.
1 Officers approach Clark
12:49:15 A.M.
Officers Mark Ringgenberg (light shirt) and Dustin Schwarze (dark jacket) approached Clark.They told investigators his hands were in his jacket pockets.
The officers told Clark to take his hands out of his pockets. Schwarze said Clark had "this thousand-yard stare."
2 "What's the pistol for?"
Ringgenberg said he took his gun out
and held it down alongside his leg with the barrel pointing to the ground. Officers said Clark yelled, "What's the pistol for?" and refused to take his hands out of his jacket pockets.
3 The initial struggle
Ringgenberg put his gun back in his holster and grabbed Clark's right wrist
while Schwarze grabbed Clark's left hand. Schwarze had his handcuffs out but said that in the struggle, he was never able to get them on Clark and dropped them. Some witnesses dispute that
, saying that after the shooting they saw Clark was handcuffed. Evidence shows
