Chief Todd Bettison at Monday's press conference (Screenshot from WXYZ video)

In an initial press conference on Sunday, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison defended an officer’s shooting of a female motorist that afternoon following a confrontation that began with a traffic stop and ended with her being shot six times and wounded.

But on Monday, in a follow-up press conference, he changed his tone, saying forcefully that the officer violated multiple department policies that likely led to the shooting. "The officer will be held accountable," he said.

He said that after reviewing the officer’s body camera footage, he was recommending that the Board of Police Commissioners suspend the officer immediately without pay pending an investigation by the Michigan State Police. He also said as a m

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