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Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Identified, Medical Examiners Point to Homicide

Officer Who Shot Daunte Wright Identified, Medical Examiners Point to Homicide
A police officer stands near police tape in a file photo. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
Reporter
4/13/2021|Updated: 4/13/2021

Brooklyn Center Police officer Kim Potter has been identified as responsible for the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, whose death has been ruled as homicide by medical examiners.

Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, was identified Monday by Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety as the officer who shot Wright during a traffic stop near Minneapolis on Sunday afternoon.

Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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