Here's what we know about the officer who shot Philando Castile
On Thursday night, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) named Jeronimo Yanez as the officer who shot dead Philando Castile, a 32-year-old black man, during a routine traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota on Wednesday.
Diamond Reynolds, Castile's fiancée, live-streamed the event on Facebook causing widespread outrage.
Reynolds initially described the officer as a "heavyset" Chinese man, according to a transcript of the Facebook live video.
The BCA also said that officer Joseph Kauser, Yanez's partner, had participated in the traffic stop.
Yanez, aged 28, lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife and infant child, reports The Star Tribune. He graduated from the Minnesota State University in 2010, and was sworn into the St. Anthony police department in 2011.
Yanez has no criminal history and no history of civil lawsuits. Both Yanez and Kauser have been placed on administrative leave.
Yanez's name was released to the public late Thursday evening. As of now, the Justice Department has not opened a federal investigation into the case.
Here's the BCA's official statement on the matter: