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Chief: Officer meant to use Taser, not firearm, on Daunte Wright

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A Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday afternoon, inflaming already raw tensions between police and community members in the midst of the Derek Chauvin trial. The unidentified officer is on administrative leave after what the chief called an "accidental discharge."

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Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said Monday that he suspects the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday did so by
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Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said Monday that he suspects the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop Sunday did so by accident.
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Chief calls fatal shooting in Brooklyn Center an 'accidental discharge'

05:17 The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center appeared to do so accidentally, intending to fire her Taser, not her gun, Police Chief Tim Gannon said in a press conference.

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