Kim Potter, identified as the officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, during a weekend traffic stop near Minneapolis, resigned from her position "effectively immediately" on Tuesday, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott said in a statement.
Catch up quick: Potter had been with the Brooklyn Center Police Department for 26 years, per the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. She shot and killed Wright during a traffic stop just before 2 p.m. Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minn.
- Police said Monday that Potter had inadvertently pulled out her gun instead of a Taser during the traffic stop.
- The Hennepin County medical examiner said Wright died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
