Daunte Wright's death sparked protests as Minneapolis was already on edge and midway through Derek Chauvin's murder trial over the killing of George Floyd.
Crowds of mourners and protesters gathered in a Minnesota city where the family of a 20-year-old man say he was shot by police before getting back into his car and driving away, then crashing several blocks away. The family of Daunte Wright said he was later pronounced dead.
The shooting of a man by police has sparked protests in Minnesota. Credit: AP
A 20-year-old man has died after being shot by police during a traffic stop in Minnesota, the alleged victim’s family has told a crowd.
The family of Daunte Wright said he was shot in the city of Brooklyn Centre on the outskirts of Minneapolis before getting back into his car and driving away then crashing the vehicle several blocks away.
Officials from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said the agency was at the scene of a shooting involving a police officer in Brooklyn Centre, while the Wright family demanded answers from police.
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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. Crowds of mourners and protesters gathered in a Minneapolis suburb where the family of a 20-year-old man said he died after being shot by police before getting back into his car and driving away, then crashing several blocks away. The family of Daunte Wright said he was later pronounced dead.
The death sparked protests in Brooklyn Center into the early hours of Monday morning, and stores were broken into, as Minneapolis was already on edge and midway through the trial of the first of four police officers in George Floyd’s death. Brooklyn Center is a city of about 30,000 people located on the northwest border of Minneapolis.