(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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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 Daunte Wright meant to deploy her Taser — but pulled her gun instead.