Brooklyn Center PD Chief: Officer Thought She Was Firing Taser Get our free mobile app Brooklyn Center, MN (KROC-AM News) - The fatal shooting of a 20-year-old Black man by a Brooklyn Center Police officer is being blamed on "accidental discharge." Those were the words of Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon as he disclosed the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright thought she was holding her Taser but actually had grabbed her handgun and fired the weapon during a struggle involving three officers and the 20-year-old man. Gannon says the officer has been placed on paid leave while the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation conducts a criminal investigation.