Protesters have shouted down Minneapolis's mayor at her news conference to discuss the resignation of the city's police chief following the shooting death of Australian woman Justine Damond.
Betsy Hodges was reading a statement about the departure of Chief Janee Harteau on Friday night when a small group of protesters disrupted the event.
They called for justice after 40-year-old Australian woman Ms Damond was shot dead in the street by a police officer after she'd called for assistance.
The protesters waved signs saying "Messy Betsy" and "You are next" to resign and chanted "Bye-bye Betsy".
One man wore a cap with "Philando" on it, referring to black motorist Philando Castile, who was shot to death last year by an officer during a traffic stop.
Ms Hodges eventually gave up and left.
Harteau resigned on Friday at the request of Hodges, who said she had lost confidence in her following Ms Damond's death.
Chief Harteau was criticised for being out of the city on personal time for nearly a week following Saturday's shooting, although she said she was in touch with her command staff.
The death of the Sydney native from a gunshot wound to the abdomen fired through an open window of a patrol car by Officer Mohamad Noor, has prompted outrage from her relatives and the Minneapolis and Australian public.
Ms Hodges said she and Chief Harteau agreed on Friday that Harteau would step aside.
"As far as we have come, I've lost confidence in the chief's ability to lead us further - and from the many conservations I've had with people around our city, especially this week, it is clear that she has lost the confidence of the people of Minneapolis as well," Ms Hodges said in her statement.
"For us to continue to transform policing - and community trust in policing - we need new leadership at MPD."
Ms Damond, who had made Minneapolis her home and was engaged to be married, had called police about a possible sexual assault in her neighbourhood just before midnight last Saturday.
She was shot as she approached the driver's side of the patrol car in an alley near her home.
Ms Harteau's resignation came a day after she told reporters during her first news conference following Ms Damond's death the shooting violated department training and procedures and the victim "didn't have to die".
Ms Hodges said she would nominate the police department's assistant chief, Medaria Arradondo, as police chief.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing Officer Noor has rejected reports he was trying to shift blame for the incident on to the Australian spiritual healer.
A report on Minnesota's CBS TV affiliate and picked up by Australian media outlets quoted Noor's lawyer, Thomas Plunkett, as saying it "would be nice to know if there's some Ambien in her system".
Ambien is a popular sleeping pill in the US.
"No. That is a total misquote," Mr Plunkett told AAP on Friday.
"It is not true."
Officer Noor, on Mr Plunkett's advice, has declined to speak to reporters and investigators probing Ms Damond's shooting.
