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Cases of officers mistaking their service pistol for a Taser have been rare Updated Apr 13, 2021; Posted Apr 13, 2021 Daunte Wrights mother, Katie, eulogizes her son at his vigil, Monday, April 12, 2021, as the community responded to the police killing of 20-year-old Wright, with hundreds joining his family at the location on 63 Ave. N. in Brooklyn Center, Minn., where he was killed. (Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP)AP Facebook Share The Brooklyn Center police on Monday said the fatal shooti...

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Gun, Taser Mix-Ups Were Blamed in These 13 U.S. Police Shootings Since 2001 On 4/13/21 at 12:52 PM EDT Duante Wright became at least the fourth person in the U.S. to be killed by a police officer who mistakenly fired a gun instead of their Taser. Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by Brooklyn Center Police Department officer Kimberly Potter, 48, after he was stopped for a traffic violation on Sunday. Read more At a press conference on Monday, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gann...