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The officers' body cameras were not turned on during the shooting, authorities said. The reason why police did not have their body cameras turned on is a \"key question\" for investigators, Hodges said on \"Good Morning America\" on Tuesday.

Minneapolis Police Department Assistant Chief Medaria Arradondo said at Tuesday night's press conference that the department is eight months out from fully rolling out body cameras across the force. He added that police department will soon review the body camera program.

Arradondo said the 911 call's transcript will be released after Ruszczyk's family has reviewed it.

Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau was out of the state for personal travel in the aftermath of the shooting but is cutting the trip short due to the incident, a spokesperson for the department told ABC News. She has been in constant contact with her team over the last three days, the spokesperson said.

In a statement, Harteau called the shooting \"clearly a tragic death,\" adding that she wants to \"acknowledge the pain and frustration that family and community members have.\"

\"I also want to assure you that I understand why so many people have so many questions at this point,\" she said. \"I have many of the same questions and it is why we immediately asked for an external and independent investigation into the officer-involved shooting death. I've asked for the investigation to be expedited to provide transparency and to answer as many questions as quickly as we can.”

On Tuesday night, Minneapolis City Council member Linea Palmisano expressed her dissatisfaction with the information released so far, describing it as \"underwhelming.\"

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PHOTO: Don Damond is comforted by friends and family after making a statement to the press near his home after a Minneapolis police officer shot and killed his fiance Justine, July 17, 2017, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The victim's family and friends speak out

While speaking to reporters in Minneapolis on Monday afternoon, Damond said his fiancée's death is a \"loss to everyone who knew her.\"

\"She touched so many people with her loving and generous heart. She was a teacher to so many and living a life of openness, love, and kindness,\" he said. \"Our lives are forever changed as a result of knowing her. She was so kind and so darn funny ... It is difficult to fathom how to go forward without her in my life.\"

Ruszczyk's family has demanded more information about how she died, her fiancé said.

\"We are desperate for information,\" Damond told reporters. \"Piecing together Justine’s last moments before the homicide would be a small comfort as we grieve this tragedy.\"

Justine Ruszczyk's father, John Ruszczyk, said Tuesday he's struggling to understand why she died.

\"We thought yesterday was our worst nightmare, but we awoke to the ugly truth and it hurt even more,\" John Ruszczyk told reporters. \"Justine was a beacon to all of us. We only ask that the light of justice shine down on the circumstances of her death.\"

Family friend Julie Reed read a statement on behalf of Justine Ruszczyk's family at a press conference in Australia.

\"She was treasured and loved and we will really miss her,\" Reed said.

ABC News' Joshua Hoyos and Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.

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