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By Syndicated Content Apr 13, 2021 10:06 AM (Reuters) - Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop on Sunday, was kind, liked basketball and had a tight-knit family, according to media interviews with his relatives. Wright's mother, Katie Wright, told ABC News on Tuesday that her son was an "amazing, loving kid" who "had a big heart," loved his sisters and brothers and enjoyed playing basketball with his young son. "He had a 2-year-old son that's not going to be able to play basketball wi...

By Syndicated Content Apr 13, 2021 10:06 AM (Reuters) - Daunte Wright, the 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop on Sunday, was kind, liked basketball and had a tight-knit family, according to media interviews with his relatives. Wright's mother, Katie Wright, told ABC News on Tuesday that her son was an "amazing, loving kid" who "had a big heart," loved his sisters and brothers and enjoyed playing basketball with his young son. "He had a 2-year-old son that's not going to be able to play basketball wi...

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (Reuters) —  Civil unrest gripped a Minneapolis suburb for a second night on Monday after the city’s police chief said a fatal police shooting of a young Black man appeared to result from an officer mistakenly opening fire with her gun instead of a Taser during a traffic stop. Daunte Wright Hundreds of protesters braving a steady downpour and defying a curfew ordered by Gov. Tim Walz clashed with police in riot gear as darkness fell outside police headquarters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Many of the demonstrators had arrived from an outdoor vigil for fam...

Daunte Wright shooting: Live update from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota By FOX 9 Staff Daunte Wright (FOX 9) - 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. Officer Kim Potter resigned Tuesday, along with Brooklyn Center Polic...

The Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police chief and the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year old Black man who struggled with police after a traffic stop, have both tendered their resignations, the city's mayor said on Tuesday.