The police chief in the US city of Minneapolis has resigned at the request of the city's mayor following the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Australian woman last weekend.
Janee Harteau made the decision after Mayor Betsy Hodges told her the community had lost confidence in her.
The death of Sydney native Justine Damond, 40, from a single gunshot wound to the abdomen fired through the open window of a police patrol car, has outraged her family members and the Australian public.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called it "shocking" and "inexplicable".
Mayor Betsy Hodges said in a written statement that she and Ms Harteau agreed yesterday that the beleaguered police chief would step aside.
"I've lost confidence in the Chief's ability to lead us further - and from the many conversations I've had with people around our city, especially this week, it is clear that she has lost the confidence of the people of Minneapolis as well," Ms Hodges said in the statement.
There have also been demands for Ms Hodges to resign in the wake of the shooting.
Ms Damond, who was living in Minneapolis and engaged to be married, had called police about a possible sexual assault in her neighbourhood just before midnight last Saturday.
She was shot as she approached the driver's side of Mohamed Noor's and Matthew Harrity's patrol car.
Ms Harteau's resignation came a day after she told reporters during her first news conference following Ms Damond's death that the shooting violated department training and procedures and that the victim "didn't have to die".
"Last Saturday's tragedy, as well as some other recent incidents, have caused me to engage in deep reflection," she said in a statement.
"Despite the MPD's many accomplishments under my leadership over these years and my love for the city, I have to put the communities we serve first."
According to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Mr Harrity told investigators that Ms Damond approached the squad car immediately after he was startled by a loud noise and that Mr Noor, who was in the passenger seat, fired his weapon through the open driver's-side window, striking Ms Damond.
Mr Noor has refused to be interviewed by the agency, which is conducting the investigation.
The police department said yesterday that bureau investigators had interviewed a person who was cycling in the area immediately before the shooting and watched as the officers provided medical assistance to Ms Damond.
No further details were provided.
Ms Hodges said Assistant Chief Medaria Arradondo would become police chief.
Ms Harteau, a 30-year veteran of the department, was also criticised for the department's handling of the fatal 2015 shooting of 24-year-old black man Jamar Clark, who was unarmed.
