his girlfriend, diamond reynolds, after she finished work, but the police officer did not know that as he approached. philando castile was licensed to carry a firearm and had that firearm with him in the car, but the police officer did not know that. all the police officer knew was that one of the taillights on philando castile's car wasn't working. that's it. that is the only thing that the police officer actually knew with certainty before he fired seven bullets into philando castile's car. one of those bullets went into the back seat and almost hit the little girl. another bullet hit the center console two inches away from philando castile's girlfriend. the rest of the bullets all hit philando castile. five bullets. two of them went through his