The Brooklyn Center Police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright two days ago during a routine traffic stop has submitted her resignation Tuesday.
Police Chief Tim Gannon did the same, Mayor Mike Elliot announced.
The two resignations came after the tragic shooting death of the 20-year-old man and father of a 2-year-old toddler, which police insisted was accidental.
“I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the department, and my fellow officers if I resign immediately,” Potter said in a letter.
Gannon, said at a briefing Monday, that Potter accidentally drew her handgun instead of a Taser, according to available body cam footage.
“It is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet. It appears to me, from what I viewed and the officer’s reaction and distress immediately after, that this was an accidental discharge that resulted in the tragic death of Mr. Wright.”
