nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright With 'Accidental Discharge' Is Identified||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The Brooklyn Center, Minn., officer who is said to have shot Wright is a 26-year officer, Kim Potter. Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer meant to deploy a Taser — but pulled a gun instead.

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Demonstrators gather and comfort each other a few blocks from where Brooklyn Center, Minn., police shot and killed Duante Wright, 20, during a traffic stop Sunday.



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Officer Who Fatally Shot Daunte Wright With 'Accidental Discharge' Is Identified

The Brooklyn Center, Minn., officer who is said to have shot Wright is a 26-year officer, Kim Potter. Police Chief Tim Gannon said the officer meant to deploy a Taser — but pulled a gun instead.