After reviewing video recovered from Winston Smith’s phone, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office agreed with earlier findings by a third party that deadly force was justified when officers shot and killed Smith in the summer of 2021 in Minneapolis.

Newly uncovered video of the 2021 law enforcement shooting that killed Winston Smith "does not change the conclusion" that officers used justified force and should not be charged, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced Friday.

The video, which was obtained by the Minnesota BCA, captured the moments before members of the U.S. Marshal's task force fatally shot Smith.

The decision to not charge the law enforcement officers involved in the killing of Winston Smith in Minneapolis in 2021 will stand after a review of cellphone video of the encounter, the Hennepin Coun