People congregating at the intersection of 63rd Avenue North and Lee Avenue North to protest the shooting, which is being investigated by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Officer accidentally shot, killed driver during traffic stop: Police chief
Chief calls police officer’s killing of Black man ‘accidental’
Replay Video UP NEXT A police officer who shot and killed a driver during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on Sunday afternoon meant to deploy her Taser instead of her gun, authorities said. At a press conference Monday, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said he believes the female officer identified by authorities as Kim Potter intended to deploy her stun gun when she accidentally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright. A preliminary report issued by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner on Monday evening said that Wright s death was a homicide, as he died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Protesters Clash With Police After Deadly Officer-Involved Shooting of 20-Year-Old in Minnesota
A 20-year-old motorist with an outstanding arrest warrant was fatally shot by a police officer in Minnesota on Sunday afternoon, prompting a crowd of at least a few hundred people who are in the area during the Derek Chauvin trial to protest outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department Headquarters.
The man killed in the incident has been identified by relatives at the scene as Daunte Wright, 20, according to the Star Tribune.
Law enforcement officers from the Brooklyn Center Police Department initiated a stop for a traffic violation in the area of the 6300 block of Orchard Ave in Brooklyn Center shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday, before determining that Wright had an outstanding warrant, the Brooklyn Center Police Department said in a release.