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Posted: 2017-05-18T05:53:38Z | Updated: 2017-05-18T22:38:49Z

The white police officer who fatally shot Terence Crutcher , an unarmed black man whose car stalled in the middle of the road in Tulsa, Oklahoma last year, was found not guilty of first-degree manslaughter on Wednesday evening.

Jurors deliberated for nine hours before acquitting the officer, 42-year-old Betty Shelby.

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#BREAKING @TULSAPOLICE OFC. #BettyShelby found NOT GUILTY of manslaughter in shooting death of #TerenceCrutcher

Jonathan McCall (@JonathanMcCall) May 18, 2017

Shelby was responding to an unrelated call on Sept. 16, 2016, when she approached Crutchers vehicle. According to CNN , Shelby said she fired at Crutcher, 40, because he reached into his car.

On Monday, she told the court that she feared for her life .

The Tulsa Police Department claimed that Crutcher failed to comply with orders from Shelby and the other officers who were on the scene. Videos of the incident, which captured several angles of the shooting, showed police with their guns pointed at Crutcher as he calmly walked toward his car with his hands above his head.

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