Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison on Friday for the 2017 shooting death of Justine Damond.

Judge Kathryn L. Quaintance sentenced Noor just over a month after he was convicted of third-degree murder for Damonds death.

The case sparked outrage in the U.S. and Australia, where Damond had spent most of her life, and raised renewed questions about the role race plays in cases of police brutality.

Shortly before midnight on July 15, 2017, Damond dialed 911 to report hearing a possible sexual assault in an alley near her home in the citys upscale Fulton neighborhood.

Noor and his partner, Matthew Harrity, responded to the call in their squad car. Noor later testified that he heard a loud bang on the vehicle before seeing a woman raise her arm near one of the cars rolled-down windows. Other testimony during Noors trial suggested Damond, who was unarmed, approached the squad car from the darkened alley to speak with the officers.

Noor fired his gun, hitting Damond in the abdomen, saying he did so to protect his partner.

I fired one shot, Noor said at his trial, according to The Guardian. My intent was to stop the threat and save my partners life.