Who is Daunte Wright and how did he die?
Katrina Schollenberger, SEO Reporter
Updated: Apr 12 2021, 13:37 ET
RIOTING and looting have broken out across Minnesota after cops shot and killed a young black man during a routine traffic stop.
Who is Daunte Wright?
Daunte Wright was killed by a Brooklyn Center police officer in Minnesota shortly before 2pm on April 11 during a routine traffic stop.
Wright was 20 years old at the time of his death and was a father to his young son Daunte Jr.
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What happened to him?
In a news release, Brooklyn Center police said officers had pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation shortly before 2pm on April 11.
The family of a 20-year-old Minnesota man said he was shot by police Sunday before getting back in his car and driving away, then crashing the vehicle.
Protests broke out Sunday night after US police fatally shot a young Black man in a suburb of Minneapolis where a former police officer is currently on trial for the murder of George Floyd.
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