Minnesota officer in Black man's killing mistakenly fired gun, meant to use taser: Police

Police said on Monday that the Minnesota officer, involved in the shooting of Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb, mistakenly opened fire with her gun instead of a taser.

The fatal police shooting of a young Black man in a Minneapolis suburb appeared to result from an officer mistakenly opening fire with her gun instead of a Taser in the midst of a struggle during a traffic stop, the city's police chief said on Monday. Family members of the slain motorist, Daunte Wright, 20, described him as a good-natured father who worked multiple jobs to support his 2-year-old son. They rejected the notion that an accidental shooting was to blame for his death on Sunday. "My brother lost his life because they were trigger happy," his older half sibling, Dallas Wright, told a crowd of hundreds gathered for an outdoor memorial vigil in the rain on Monday evening at the site of the fatal encounter in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.