iStock/CatEyePerspective(BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn.) A police officer who shot and killed a driver during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Sunday
Officer accidentally shot, killed driver during traffic stop: Police chief
Chief calls police officer’s killing of Black man ‘accidental’
Replay Video UP NEXT A police officer who shot and killed a driver during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Sunday afternoon meant to deploy her Taser instead of her gun, authorities said. At a press conference Monday, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said he believes the female officer identified by authorities as Kim Potter intended to deploy her stun gun when she accidentally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. A preliminary report issued by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner on Monday evening said that Wright s death was a homicide, as he died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
People congregating at the intersection of 63rd Avenue North and Lee Avenue North to protest the shooting, which is being investigated by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
The 20-year-old Black man was fatally shot by the police after he was made to pull over, less than a year after George Floyd met his tragic end not far from the latest epicenter of protests