Castile then tells the officer he isn't pulling it out.
"He already thought in his mind that this was a suspect in a robbery, and he just panicked and he messed up", said Lenoir, who is mixed race, African-American and white.
When Officer Yanez turns on his flashing lights, Mr. Castile, a longtime school cafeteria worker, quickly pulls to the side and stops his vehicle.
- Off-camera conversation. Yanez can be heard talking with a female supervising officer in which he gives a brief explanation of the events. Yanez says in a more panicked tone.
Yanez claimed he feared for his safety in front of jury as a reason why he had to shoot Castile. However, the dash cam video doesn't provide a clear view of what is happening inside the auto.
As Castile finished speaking, Yanez could then be seen with his hand on his own gun and shouting "Don't pull it out!" before firing seven shots into the auto.
During the trial, prosecutor Jeff Paulsen said that Yanez never saw Castile's gun, and asked the jury to think about what would have happened if the officer had stepped back to better assess the situation when Castile said he was carrying a gun.
After the first shot, Mr Castile's body is thrown to the right.
Yanez's defense attorney argued the officer "did what he had to do" when he shot Castile.
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Yanez suddenly reaches into the vehicle with his firearm and discharges it multiple times. Reynolds' then-4-year-old daughter started to get out of the vehicle and was grabbed by an officer.
Officers direct Reynolds out of the vehicle. Soon, she was heard wailing. Reynolds maintains Castile was reaching for his identification. "I thought I was going to die".
Dan Marcou is a former training officer for La Crosse's police department, and he suggests the key lesson is to do what police tell you.
The officer says, "Don't pull it out". Now-fired Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez was wearing a wireless microphone at the time of the shooting.
Following the not guilty verdict Friday, thousands of protesters marched from the Capitol to University Avenue in St. Paul, briefly closing down both directions of Interstate 94.
This story has been corrected to show that the officer began screaming after the shots were fired, not before.
But the police DID have dash cam footage, and they waited until Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted to release it.
"Okay", Yanez interrupted his voice remaining steady as he shifted his right hand onto the holster of his gun.
Authorities have released dash camera video that shows the traffic stop in which Philando Castile was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer.
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