On Sunday, April 11th, 20-year-old Daunte Wright was pulled over for a traffic violation by police in Brooklyn Center, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis. Officers determined there was a warrant out for Wright’s arrest. While trying to detain him, officer Kim Potter fatally shot him. Though Wright drove away—hitting another car—he soon died at the scene.
Brooklyn Center officials say that Potter mistakenly fired at Wright, and instead meant to reach for her Taser, per the New York Times. She is heard on the video saying, “Holy shit, I just shot him.”
Daunte’s mother, Katie Wright, told reporters that her son was pulled over for having “air fresheners” blocking his rearview mirror.She told the Star Tribune: “He got out of the car, and his girlfriend said they shot him. He got back in the car, and he drove away and crashed and now he’s dead on the ground since 1:47 … Nobody will tell us anything. Nobody will talk to us… I said please take my son off the ground.”
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