Jeronimo Yanez, the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year, was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter Friday. [1]

He also was acquitted of two counts of intentional discharge of a firearm that endangers safety.

Castile's death garnered widespread attention after his fiancee broadcast the shooting's aftermath on Facebook Live.

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