Livestream Shows Aftermath Of Police Shooting

A woman has filmed the aftermath of a fatal police shooting in Minnesota, which left her boyfriend dying and soaked in blood as their daughter sat in the back of the car.

Philando Castile, 32, had been pulled over for a broken brake light and was shot several times in the arm as he tried to retrieve documents for a traffic officer.

His girlfriend, Lavish Reynolds, began broadcasting live video on Facebook.

Lavish Reynolds broadcast the aftermath of the police shooting on Facebook Live

By the time the video had ended, Ms Reynolds did not know what condition her boyfriend was in following the shooting - and she was being comforted by her daughter.

In the powerful footage, she told the camera that her boyfriend was licensed to carry a firearm, and had notified the policeman he was armed before beginning to reach for his driving licence and wallet.

The officer appeared distressed in the video, swore repeatedly, and continued to aim his gun through the car window at the injured man as he screamed: "I told him not to reach for it! I told him not to reach for it!"

Philando Castile was shot in front of his girlfriend and their daughter. Pic: Facebook

However, Ms Reynolds replied: "You told him to get his ID sir, his driver's licence."

She then said: "Please officer, don't tell me you just did this to him. You shot four bullets into him, sir. He was just getting his driving licence and registration, sir."

Ms Reynolds was later handcuffed, but her phone continued to broadcast live video as it was left lying on the ground.

She is heard telling someone that the officer had started shooting for no reason, and says: "He doesn't deserve this. Please. He's a good man, he works for public school.

"He had no records or anything. He'd never been in jail, anything. He's not a gang member, anything."

However, a Minnesota police department spokesman confirmed Mr Castile's death in the early hours of Thursday morning.

A crowd of protesters gathered at the scene of the shooting in Falcon Heights, a suburb of St Paul, chanting: "We will stand our ground. We will not move."

The police officer who shot Mr Castile has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation.

A day earlier, a father-of-five was fatally shot by police officers in Louisiana - adding to concerns about excessive force used by police against mostly black victims.