Ex-officer charged with 2nd-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing
An ex-police officer who shot and killed a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb after a traffic stop has been arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter, authorities said Wednesday.
Kim Potter, who resigned as a Brooklyn Center police officer this week,is charged in Sunday’s shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office determined Wright died of a gunshot wound and the death was a homicide.
Potter was arrested late Wednesday morning by agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the bureau said. She was booked into the Hennepin County Jail, online records show.
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Ex-cop who fatally shot Daunte Wright charged with 2nd degree manslaughter
Former officer Kim Potter was arrested on Wednesday morning after shooting and killing the 20-year-old Black man during a traffic stop in Minnesota on Sunday.Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images
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