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<p>TULSA, Okla. (AP) &#8212; Jurors were deliberating Wednesday in the manslaughter trial of a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year.</p><p>The jury will decide whether Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby went too far Sept. 16 when she killed 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on a city street where his SUV had stalled.</p><p>Jurors got the case after closing arguments in which prosecutors said Crutcher was not a threat to Shelby, did not make any aggressive moves toward her and didn&#8217;t say he was going to be aggressive toward her.</p><p>Defense attorney Shannon McMurray said Shelby shot Crutcher because she thought he was reaching into his SUV for a gun. There was no gun in the vehicle.</p><p>&#8220;To somehow imply that she was supposed to see what was in this door panel is absurd. It&#8217;s deceitful and you should disregard it,&#8221; McMurray told jurors.</p><p>The defense also attacked prosecutors for charging Shelby with first-degree manslaughter just six days after the shooting, saying the case was rushed.</p><p>Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said defense attorneys know it was &#8220;a bad shoot.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Do any of their attacks on me have anything to do with Sept. 16? Don&#8217;t let yourself be distracted,&#8221; Kunzweiler told the jury.</p><p>Throughout closing arguments, Shelby, 43, looked straight ahead and showed no emotion.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Tiffany Crutcher, center, arrives for the manslaughter trial of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby in the shooting of Crutcher's brother, Terence Crutcher, Wednesday, May 17, 2017., in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_116630172-c42ace99047340eb92058cfac4e8ec28.jpg</photo0><caption0>Tiffany Crutcher, center, arrives for the manslaughter trial of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby in the shooting of Crutcher's brother, Terence Crutcher, Wednesday, May 17, 2017., in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_116630172-e34f4c87f55c42b586ccd18bd1bd19d7.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby arrives for her manslaughter trial in the shooting of Terence Crutcher Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Tulsa, Okla.  Closing arguments were made Wednesday. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_116630172-e34f4c87f55c42b586ccd18bd1bd19d7.jpg</photo1><caption1>Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby arrives for her manslaughter trial in the shooting of Terence Crutcher Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Tulsa, Okla.  Closing arguments were made Wednesday. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)</caption1><photoCredit1></photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_116630172-9c69255b457047b0ad5a06294fd7bd07.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby, center, arrives for her manslaughter trial in the shooting of Terence Crutcher Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Tulsa, Okla.  (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/web1_116630172-9c69255b457047b0ad5a06294fd7bd07.jpg</photo2><caption2>Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby, center, arrives for her manslaughter trial in the shooting of Terence Crutcher Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Tulsa, Okla.  (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)</caption2><photoCredit2></photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS</p><p>Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Jurors deliberating manslaughter case of officer who shot unarmed black man