Cases in which a service pistol is mistaken for a Taser are extremely rare

Only a handful of deaths in the US have resulted from a police officer mistakenly drawing a Taser instead of a pistol, as the Minnesota cop who shot Daunte Wright did — and most of the cases did not result in criminal charges against the officers.

Kimberly Potter, 48, a 26-year veteran, fatally shot Wright during a Sunday traffic stop when she made the tragic error, Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon told reporters Monday. “Holy s–t,” she is heard saying on chilling body cam video. “I just shot him!”