He declined to draw parallels between it and other police shootings.

By Randy Furst Star Tribune JULY 19, 2017 — 5:12PM

In his first public comments since the shooting of Justine Damond, Gov. Mark Dayton called the death a “horrible” tragedy but said he had no additional information to draw conclusions about what happened. …

Dayton declined to draw parallels between Damond’s death on Saturday and the police shootings of Jamar Clark and Philando Castile. Both men were black.

“I’m concerned [about] any incident,” he said.

Dayton’s comments come after he was the subject of police ire following public comments made last year after the shooting of Castile.

“Would this have happened if the driver were white, if the passengers were white?” Dayton asked at the time. “I don’t think it would have. … On behalf of all decent-minded Minnesotans, we are shocked and horrified. This kind of behavior is unacceptable.”