(NPR) Police Say 'Accidental Discharge' Of Gun Led To Daunte Wright's Death

Police Say 'Accidental Discharge' Of Gun Led To Daunte Wright's Death



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Police Say 'Accidental Discharge' Of Gun Led To Daunte Wright's Death







Protests lasted for hours at the spot where 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright crashed his car and died after being shot by police in a suburb of Minneapolis.



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Police Say 'Accidental Discharge' Of Gun Led To Daunte Wright's Death






Brooklyn Center, Minn., police chief Tim Gannon said that the officer who shot Wright meant to deploy her taser — but pulled her gun instead.