Police Shooting Death of Daunte Wright By Former Officer Kimberly A. Potter Leads to Charges and Resignations
AGN.News
April 14, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA – On April 11, 2021, Daunte Demetrius Wright, a 20-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot by police officer Kimberly A. Potter during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office turned the case over to Washington County Attorney. Today, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced that former police officer, Kimberly A. Potter, will face charges in the shooting death of Daunte Wright.
The former Minnesota police officer who was captured on camera fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop was identified as Kimberly A. Potter. She resigned Tuesday, two days after fatally shooting Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man who was fleeing a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center.
Kimberly A. Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, will be charged with second-degree manslaughter in connection with Wright’s death on Sunday, April 11.
Daunte Wright, who is Black, died of a single gunshot wound to the chest, according the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office, which classified the manner of death as a homicide.
Fallout from the shooting death resulted in the resignation of Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon on Tuesday. In an emergency meeting Monday, the city council announced Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott was given authority over the city’s police department. Curt Boganey, city manager of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has been fired in the wake of the police shooting death of Daunte Wright.
Today, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said Kimberly A. Potter was arrested Wednesday morning, April 14, 2021, and would be held in Hennepin County jail. If found guilty, Potter faces up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, according to Minnesota law.
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