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protests broke out in a suburb of Minneapolis after 20-year-old Daunte Wright
was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop.
Police
wanted to take Wright into custody, but when he got back into his car, one of
the officers fired their weapon and struck him.
The
shooting incident comes during the ongoing trial of former police officer Derek
Chauvin in Minneapolis, over the death of George Floyd.
Minneapolis
– Protests broke out on Sunday night after US police fatally shot a young black
man in a suburb of Minneapolis – where a former police officer is currently on
Police chief: Cop pulled gun instead of Taser, fatally shot Daunte Wright by mistake (video)
The police officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man in Brooklyn Center Sunday mistakenly fired her firearm, instead of her Taser, the suburb’s police chief said Monday.
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Dave Orrick and Mara H. Gottfried / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 3:02 pm, Apr. 12, 2021 ×
This still image was taken from Brooklyn Center Police body-worn camera footage showing the Sunday, April 11, 2021, incident that left one man dead. The footage was shown during a Monday, April 12, news conference.
ST. PAUL The police officer who fatally shot a 20-year-old Black man in Brooklyn Center, Minn., Sunday mistakenly fired her firearm, instead of her Taser, the suburb’s police chief said Monday.
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.
April 12, 2021 11:35 a.m.
The police shooting of a Black motorist Sunday brought more grief and turmoil to the Minneapolis area, in the midst of the ongoing trial of Derek Chauvin for the alleged murder of George Floyd last year.
Here’s what we know so far:
A Black man is dead after police shot him during a traffic stop
Daunte Wright, 20, died after being shot by police Sunday in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. It was not immediately clear whether he was killed by police gunfire, or by an ensuing collision Wright’s vehicle struck another several blocks away moments after police shot him but Wright died at the scene, police said.