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."