The protesters took to the streets and clashed with police, Sunday after police shot the 20-year-old American driver, which resulted in car crash and death of this young black boy within 16 kilometers of the murder site of, “George Floyd”.
The incident unfolded around 2 p.m. local time, when officers initiated a stop for a traffic violation in the city in Minnesota’s Hennepin County, about 10 miles northwest of Minneapolis. During the traffic stop, the officers determined that the driver of the vehicle had an outstanding warrant, according to Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon.
The car traveled several blocks before crashing into another vehicle. The passengers in the other car were not injured, according to Gannon.
Officers and medical personnel “attempted life-saving measures” on the driver who was shot, Gannon said, “but the person died at the scene.”
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the identity of the deceased individual following a preliminary autopsy and family notification.
Gannon said the officers were wearing body cameras at the time of the shooting. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating the incident.
A female passenger who was also in the vehicle with the person shot sustained non-life threatening injuries during the crash, according to Gannon. She was transported to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, a few miles south of Brooklyn Center.
Although authorities have not yet released the victim’s identity, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott have both released statements naming him as 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, also confirmed that her son was the person who was fatally shot. She said she was on the phone with him before he was killed.
