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A Valparaiso man previously convicted of several state drug charges is accepting responsibility for federal crimes of drug trafficking and a weapons violation.

Police in central Nebraska said a laser thats capable of setting fires hit an officer in the eye. 

Lancaster city police recovered a total of five handguns, several of them stolen, during four different incidents over the weekend.

Taser, taser. and nothing happened. and then, he told me i shot him. >> reporter: former officer kim potter testifying for the first time explaining the moment she shot and killed daunte wright last april. potter described seeing her fellow officer struggling with wright during the traffic stop. >> he had a look of fear on his face. its nothing i had seen before. we were struggling. we were trying to keep him from driving away. it just -- it just went chaotic. >> reporter: wright, who officers l...

Taser, taser. and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> reporter: former officer kim potter testifying for the first time, explaining the moment she shot and killed daunte wright last april. potter described seeing her fellow officer struggling with wright during the traffic stop. >> he had a look of fear on his face. its nothing i had seen before. we were struggling. we were trying to keep him from driving away. it just -- it just went chaotic. >> reporter: wright, who officers l...

>> i remember hearing taser, taser, taser. and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> former officer kim potter testifies for the first time explaining the moment she cot and killed daunte wright last april. potter describes seeing her fellow officer struggling with write during the traffic stop. >> he had the look of fear on his face. its something ive seen before. we were struggling, and trying to keep him from driving away. it was just chaotic. >> wright, who officers learned ha...

>> when you three law enforcement officers -- excuse me, by the way, as far as reporting this shooting, would it be sergeant johnson, your boss, would be the one that would be required to do that? >> objection, [ inaudible ]. >> rephrase that. >> who would be required under current policy to report the shooting? would it be the shooter or the other person in charge? >> on that scene it would have been sergeant johnson. >> because he was your supervisor, correct? >> yes. >> ive got a couple of mo...

Wright during the traffic stop. >> he had a look of fear on his face. its nothing id seen before. we were struggling. we were trying to keep him from driving away. it just went chaotic. >> reporter: wright who officers learned had an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation was initially pulled over for minor offenses. pointed out by a rookie officer. >> we discussed a little bit of suspicious activity. he noticed a pine tree or air freshener hanging from the rear-view mirror and the tags wer...

What did you do next? >> we told -- officer lucky explained to sergeant johnson what was going on. >> where was sergeant johnson? was he in your squad car. >> he was standing at my passenger door andves aer lucky was explaining to officer johson what was happening and what he needed to do. officer lucky only told sergeant johnson that he had a warrant and i told officer lucky that he needed to tell officer johnson what the weapon was for. the weapons violation would be castor care and concern. >...

>> when you 3 law enforcement officers and by the way, as far as reporting this shooting, would it be sergeant johnson your boss would be the one that would be required to do that? >> [inaudible]. >> who would be required according to policy to report the shooting? would it be the shooter or the other person who was in charge there? >> that would have been sergeant johnson. >> because he was your supervisor, correct? >> yes. >> i have a couple more questions. if you stopped a vehicle in brooklyn...