Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:32 UTC
Daunte Wright had been arrested on attempted aggravated robbery charges after allegedly holding a woman at gunpoint for $820 in December 2019 Daunte Wright choked a woman and threatened to shoot her if she did not hand over $820 she had stuffed in her bra, court papers obtained by DailyMail.com allege.
Wright was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Potter in Minnesota on Sunday, leading to days of unrest.
Court records also show that a warrant was out for Wright s arrest after he missed a court appearance
on separate firearms charges at the time he was killed.
And online speculation that he did not know there was a warrant out for his arrest is false, DailyMail.com has learned. A letter returned to the court for having a wrong address was giving notice of a court date in August and had nothing to do with the warrant.
House Rep. Cori Bush says white cop who shot dead 20-year-old Daunte Wright would ve known the difference between her Taser and gun if he wasn t a black boy after fellow squad members Rashida Tlaib and AOC call for police to be abolished
Cori Bush slammed claim more training would have prevented Sunday s fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
Bush, Democratic congresswoman from St. Louis, scoffed at claim that cop mistook her gun for a Taser Squad members AOC and Rashida Tlaib have also spoken out, saying police should be abolished
Cop Kimberly Potter is said to have confused her gun for a taser when she shot at Daunte Wright Sunday
EXCLUSIVE: Daunte Wright had a warrant out for his arrest for attempted aggravated robbery charges after choking and holding a woman at gunpoint for $820 in 2019, court papers reveal
Daunte Wright was shot dead by Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter Sunday after he was pulled over for expired license plate tags
DailyMail.com can reveal that Wright, 20, had a warrant out for his arrest for attempted aggravated robbery charges at the time
Charging papers allege Wright and a second man, Emajay Driver, attended a party in December 2019 at the home of two women in Osseo, Minnesota
The women allowed the pair to crash after they said they didn t have a ride home