By: CBS News
Trouble broke out again during a second night of protests outside police headquarters in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, a day after one of the city s officers shot and killed 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, CBS Minnesota reports.
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon told a news conference Monday that the officer who shot Wright meant to use her Taser but instead grabbed her gun. Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the force, has been placed on administrative leave.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating Wright s death.
Sunday s shooting happened in the midst of the Derek Chauvin trial for the killing of George Floyd.
Protests lasted for hours in Brooklyn Center, Minn., where 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright died after being shot by police Sunday. Image: Evan Frost/MPR News
Updated April 12, 2021 at 10:44 PM ET
The police officer said to have fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man killed in what started as a traffic stop, has been identified as Kim Potter.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension in a statement on Monday evening described Potter as a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center, Minn., Police Department, who is now on administrative leave.
The department offered no other details about Potter s career, saying, Further personnel data are not public from the BCA under Minnesota law during an active investigation.
Police Say Accidental Discharge Of Gun Led To Daunte Wright s Death
at 11:37 am NPR
Officials in Brooklyn Center, Minn., called the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, the result of an accidental discharge of a gun by a police officer.
Updated April 12, 2021 at 7:14 PM ET
The Hennepin County medical examiner has made a determination that the death was a homicide.
At a press conference Monday, Brooklyn Center police Chief Tim Gannon played body camera footage of the shooting, saying its circumstances demanded transparency. It is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet, Gannon said. This appears to me, from what I ve viewed and the officer s reaction and distress immediately after, that this was an accidental discharge that resulted in the tragic death of Mr. Wright.
Daunte Wright shooting: Live update from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
By FOX 9 Staff
(Daunte Wright family)
(FOX 9) - The City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota is holding a news conference at city hall to provide an update on the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter.
Watch live at at fox9.com/live or tap the player below to join the stream.
The shooting of Daunte Wright has led to multiple days of protests, violence and looting in the Twin Cities metro. The shooting comes in the middle of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. The Brooklyn Center Police Department released body camera video on Monday, saying that the officer involved believed she was reaching for her taser and instead fired her gun.
EVELETH â Rock Ridge officials closed the Eveleth-Gilbert High School on Monday after alleged threats were made toward students, but they expected to reopen the building for classes today.
School administrators were made aware of the threats early Monday morning and opted to cancel instruction for grades 9-12 to allow for an investigation by Rock Ridge Public Schools and the Eveleth Police Department.
âThe investigation is continuing but we do not have any credible evidence that any students or staff are at any risk,â wrote Superintendent Dr. Noel Schmidt, in an afternoon email to parents. âIf we had any credible evidence that any students or staff were at risk, we would continue to close the Eveleth-Gilbert High School.â