By Wilson Wong- NBC News
The former Minnesota police officer caught on camera fatally shooting Daunte Wright during a traffic stop will face charges in the young black's death, authorities said Wednesday.
Kim Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, will be charged with second-degree murder in connection with Wright's death, Washington County Attorney Pete Orput announced.
Wright died of a gunshot wound to the chest, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office, which classified the manner of death as a homicide.
Potter and Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon surrendered their license plates Tuesday in the wake of Wright's death, which occurred just 14 miles north of where George Floyd was killed last year.
The day before resigning, Gannon told reporters that he believed the officer intended to use a
taser
gun
but "pulled out his gun instead."
A short body camera video posted Monday showed Wright attempting to get back into his car while a female voice was heard shouting, "
Taser
!"
The same female voice was later heard saying, "Good grief, I just shot him," as the car drove away, police said.
His mother, Katie Wright, said she could hear officers telling her son to get out of the car when he called her during the stop.
