Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, who shot and killed a woman after she called 911 about a possible rape, was sentenced on Thursday to close to five years in prison, according to the Associated Press. A month ago, he had his 12 ½ year third-degree murder sentence thrown out by the Minnesota Supreme Court. 

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Noor had been convicted of third-degree murder and manslaughter in the July 2017 shooting of 40-year-old dual American Australian citizen Justine Ruszczyk Damond, who was a yoga teacher. 

Judge Kathryn Quaintance presided over the trial and approved prosecutors’ recommendation to impose the highest sentence in Minnesota’s guidelines of 57 months on Noor’s conviction, according to the Associated Press. In that process, she rejected the defense’s recommendation of 41 months.  

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Noor could be released in the summer of 2022 if he behaves well in prison. 

“Mr. Noor, I am not surprised that you have been a model prisoner. However, I do not know of any authority that would make that grounds for reducing your sentence,” Quaintance said. “There was no departure motion in this case by either side, and so no departure from the guidelines as appropriate or legal.” 

She added that the reason for her sentence was because Noor did “shoot across the nose of your partner” and endangered others around him. 

Justine Ruszczyk Damond’s fiancé, Don Damond, made a statement via Zoom telling Noor that she would have forgiven him. 

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According to the Associated Press, Noor is believed to be the first Minnesota officer to be convicted of murder during an on-duty shooting before Derek Chauvin.