‘I just shot him’: Police say Daunte Wright shooting ‘accidental’

Startled Minnesota officer apparently intended to use Taser, not gun, during struggle with Black man, according to police chief.

The police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb appeared to be an “accidental discharge” by an officer who drew her gun during a struggle rather than a Taser, the city’s police chief said on Monday. The shooting on Sunday that led to the death of Wright, who was Black, took place during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, not far from where the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former white Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, is taking place. Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon unveiled video footage from a body-worn camera at the news briefing on Monday. It showed a struggle between Wright and the officer. Wright then got back into the car and an officer could be heard yelling “Taser, Taser.”