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A police sergeant at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot says he was holding Wright's right arm with both hands in the moments before he was shot.

A patrol sergeant who was backing up other officers after Daunte Wright was pulled over took the stand Friday as prosecutors resumed their case in the manslaughter trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter.

A police sergeant at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot says he was holding Wright's right arm with both hands in the moments before he was shot.

A patrol sergeant who was backing up other officers when Daunte Wright was killed has taken the stand in the manslaughter trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter.

Kimberly Potter, who was a police officer in the city of Brooklyn Center just north of Minneapolis, has pleaded not guilty to first- and second-degree manslaughter charges. Her lawyers have said Potter, 49, mistakenly used her handgun instead of her stun gun in the death of Wright, a 20-year-old shot during a traffic stop.

A police sergeant at the scene when Daunte Wright was shot says he was holding Wright's right arm with both hands in the moments before he was shot.

The white former Minnesota police officer is charged with manslaughter in the death of Daunte Wright, a Black motorist. The defense says it was an accident when she grabbed her gun instead of a taser.

A patrol sergeant who was backing up other officers when Daunte Wright was killed has taken the stand in the manslaughter trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter.

Former Officer Kim Potter is on trial on manslaughter charges in the April killing of Daunte Wright.

Three witnesses testified in the Kim Potter trial Friday, including former Brooklyn Center police sergeant Mychal Johnson who was the third police officer at the deadly traffic stop that took Daunte Wright's life.