(NPR) Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright With 'Accidental Discharge' Is Identified

Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright With 'Accidental Discharge' Is Identified



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Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright With 'Accidental Discharge' Is Identified







Demonstrators gather and comfort each other a few blocks from where Brooklyn Center, Minn., police shot and killed Duante Wright, 20, during a traffic stop Sunday.



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Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright With 'Accidental Discharge' Is Identified



The Brooklyn Center, Minn., officer who is said to have shot Wright is a 26-year officer, Kim Potter. Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer meant to deploy a Taser — but pulled a gun instead.