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Kim Potter, the former cop who shot dead Daunte Wright, 20, after mistaking her gun for a taser has been released from prison in Minnesota after 16 months in jail.

Former officer Kim Potter was released from the Shakopee facility after serving about 16 months of her two-year sentence.

Former officer Kim Potter was released from the Shakopee facility after serving about 16 months of her two-year sentence.

Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday.

Former officer Kim Potter was released from the Shakopee facility after serving about 16 months of her two-year sentence.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter , the Minnesota police officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Daunte Wright in 2021, was released from prison early Monday. The Minnesota Department of Corrections said Potter was set free around 4 a.m.

Update 04/24/2023 10:17am:

Kim Potter was released from prison in Shakopee early Monday.

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(ST. PAUL, Minn.) -- Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer convicted of killing Daunte Wright -- a 20-year-old Black man shot during a traffic stop -- was released from a Minnesota Correctional facility Monday. Potter was released at 5 a.m. ET, Andy Skoogman, spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, said in a press release Monday. She was released early this morning "out of an abundance of caution for the safety of Ms. Potter, DOC s...

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