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Kimberly Potter, 49, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges, which carry maximum sentences of 15 and 10 years respectively, saying she thought she was drawing her Taser when she shot Wright in the chest with her 9 mm handgun on April 11.

MINNEAPOLIS — The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright made a “blunder of epic proportions” and did not have “a license to kill,” a prosecutor told jurors on Monday shortly before

The jury concluded its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict Monday in the manslaughter trial of the suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright after she says she mistook her gun for her Taser.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury will resume deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a suburban...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury will resume deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a suburban...

A jury will resume deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer who says she meant to use her Taser instead of her gun when she shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright.

Kimberly Potter, 49, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges, which carry maximum sentences of 15 and 10 years respectively, saying she thought she was drawing her Taser when she shot Wright in the chest with her 9 mm handgun on April 11.

At issue is whether Ms. Potter, a former police officer, was criminally reckless when she fired a gunshot into Mr. Wright’s chest while seeming to think she was holding her Taser.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury will resume deliberations Tuesday in the trial of a suburban...