Minnesota teams postpone games after shooting of Daunte Wright

Published April 12, 2021 8:16pm ET



The Minnesota Twins baseball team, Wild hockey team, and Timberwolves basketball team announced plans to postpone their Monday games after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a police traffic stop Sunday.

The Twins announced on Monday afternoon its planned game against the Boston Red Sox would be postponed “out of respect” following the shooting, and the Wild announced the team’s game versus the St. Louis Blues would be postponed until May 12 “out of respect to the community following the tragic shooting” of Wright.

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