A police officer fired after he fatally shot a black unarmed motorist will get $344,000 in back pay and legal fees from the university which employed him.

Ray Tensing, 28, shot father-of-13 Sam DuBose, 43, in the head after pulling him over for a missing front number plate on July 19, 2015.

The University of Cincinnati is paying Tensing to settle a union grievance brought on his behalf for his 2015 firing following his indictment on murder charges, which were dropped last year after two juries deadlocked.

Ray Tensing, 28, (left, in court during his second murder trial on June 8, 2017) shot father-of-13 Sam DuBose, 43, in the head after pulling him over for a missing front number plate on July 19, 2015

Body cam footage of the incident in Cincinatti on July 19, 2015 appears to show the second officer standing away from the car with his gun out. DuBose had driven the car half a block after Tensing shot him in the head

The Fraternal Order of Police had challenged Tensing's dismissal, saying he should not have been removed from the university's police force before the case was resolved and was entitled to be reinstated.

As part of the settlement, the union said, Tensing has resigned and will not pursue any other claims against the university.

DaShonda Reid, the mother of four of DuBose's children, was engaged to marry him before he died.

'I'm very upset with UC paying that murderer Tensing,' she told The Cincinnati Enquirer.

'To even want compensation [after] murdering an innocent man shows how soulless and callous he is,' she said.

'UC has now reversed any of the rights they attempted to do by Sam. His blood is not only on Tensing's hands [and] the justice system, it's now on UC's hands.

'He's officially a paid assassin who has not shown one ounce of remorse for killing an innocent man.

'To even want compensation (after) murdering an innocent man shows how soulless and callous he is.'

The confrontation started when Tensing pulled DuBose over for not having a front licence plate. They are seen talking to each other through the driver's side window

When asked for a driving licence, DuBose handed over a bottle of alcohol instead. It was after this that Tensing asked the victim to step out of the car

After a struggle, where DuBose insisted he didn't do anything wrong, Tensing is seen pulling out his gun

Tensing released a statement through the FOP in which he thanked those who had stood behind him.

He added: 'This case has caused a lot of strife in the community, and I believe the settlement will allow for healing to continue. It certainly will do that for me after two difficult trials.'

Tensing testified at both of his trials that he shot at DuBose out of fear that he might run him over as he drove away, adding: 'I meant to stop the threat. I didn't shoot to kill him. I didn't shoot to wound him. I shot to stop his actions.'

Tensing was tried in 2016 and then again in 2017, but on both occasions the jury could not reach a unanimous decision.

The jury's inability to reach a consensus proved to be confounding for the prosecutor in the case, Joseph Deters.

'This is the most asinine act I have ever seen a police officer make,' he said back in 2016 while deliver his opening remarks to the jury. It was totally unwarranted.'

Aubrey DuBose holds his mother Audrey during a news conference after murder and manslaughter charges against University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing were announced on July 29, 2015

Audrey DuBose (right) is comforted by her daughter Terina Allen during the news conference on July 29, 2015

Tensing (pictured left in uniform and right being sworn into the force in March 2013) has five years of law enforcement experience

He also provided an expert witness who was able to dispute Tensing's claim that he was being pulled under the car as DuBose drove off, using the body-camera footage the cop was recording as evidence.

This showed DuBose showing a bottle of alcohol when Tensing asked for his driving license. Tensing asked DuBose to get out the car, but he refused and after a struggle the officer drew his gun.

DuBose drove off and had got half a block when Tensing shot him in the head.

The shooting is among numerous cases nationwide that have called attention to how police deal with blacks, and the two trials underscored the difficulty prosecutors can have gaining convictions of police officers for on-duty shootings.

The University of Cincinnati agreed to pay more than $244,000 in back pay and benefits and $100,000 in legal fees, the two sides said.

'I realize this agreement will be difficult for our community,' university President Neville Pinto said.

'I am nevertheless hopeful that we can focus on supporting each other as members of the same Bearcat family - even, perhaps especially, if we don't agree.'

The university earlier reached a $5.3 million settlement with DuBose's family, including free undergraduate tuition for his 13 children.

The school has initiated police reforms and restructured its leadership since the shooting.

The University of Cincinnati (file photo) earlier reached a $5.3 million settlement with DuBose's family, including free undergraduate tuition for his 13 children

The school has initiated police reforms and restructured its leadership since the shooting. Pictured: Tensing entering Hamilton County Common Pleas Court to be arraigned on murder charges July 30, 2014