Officer who killed Daunte Wright identified as 26-year department veteran

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The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis on Sunday has been identified as a 26-year veteran of her department.

Kimberly Potter of the Brooklyn Center Police Department is responsible for Wright’s death, according to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. She has been on “standard administrative leave” during the investigation into the incident, the department added.

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