Photos: Day 2 Of Protests Over Brooklyn Center Police Shooting

BROOKLYN CENTER, MN — Protests and civil unrest continued Monday night over the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was shot and killed by police in Brooklyn Center. Police enforced a 7 p.m. curfew, which was enacted in Hennepin, Anoka, Ramsey and Dakota counties.

Resources from "Operation Safety Net" — a coordinated effort between the Minnesota National Guard, state patrol and local law enforcement to maintain peace after the verdict in the murder ongoing trial against Derek Chauvin — were deployed early Monday night because of the shooting.

Five businesses in Minneapolis were burglarized overnight, according to police, including a liquor store on West Broadway Avenue, the Target Express on West Lake Street, a tobacco store on 46th Street and Nicollet Avenue, the Auto Zone at 26th Avenue and Central Avenue, and a shoe store on Nicollet.

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Several police officers were hit by debris and suffered minor inquires while trying to disperse the crowds, Col. Matt Langer of the Minnesota State Patrol said. Forty people were arrested.

"It was a long night," Hennepin County Sheriff Dave Hutchinson said at 12:30 a.m. news conference Tuesday. "But I think we maintained as much order as we could."

"We are thankful there has been minimal damage to our business corridors tonight," Minneapolis Police Deputy Chief Amelia Huffman said.

The shooting comes to a region already anxious as the trial of Chauvin — charged with murder in the death of George Floyd — heads into its 12th day.

Chauvin's attorney, Eric Nelson, asked Judge Peter Cahill in court Monday morning to sequester the jury in light of Wright's death.

Cahill said he will wait to sequester the jury until next week during the trial's closing arguments.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Floyd's family, announced he will represent Wright's family as well.

"Daunte Wright is yet another young Black man killed at the hands of those who have sworn to protect and serve all of us — not just the whitest among us," Crump said in a statement.

President Joe Biden also weighed in Monday, saying, "I haven't called Daunte Wright's family, but our prayers are with their family. It's really a tragic thing that happened," Axios reported.

Biden said he watched body camera footage from Wright's death, calling it "fairly graphic."

Candlelight vigil held where Wright was shot

A vigil for Wright was held Monday evening at the intersection where his fatal encounter with police happened. About a hundred people showed up to honor him.

Wright called his mother, Katie Wright, as he was getting pulled over Sunday afternoon, moments before his death. Dallas Bryant, Wright's brother, told the crowd during the vigil that Wright sounded scared on the phone.

Katie said she heard scuffling on the phone before someone said "Daunte, don’t run." Daunte's girlfriend, who was in the car when police pulled them over, called Katie back to tell her that her son was shot.

"I just need everyone to know that he is much more than this," Katie said through tears, according to the Star Tribune. "He had a smile that was angelic."

"My heart is literally broken in 1,000 pieces."

"I just loved his personality," said Jonathan Mason, who mentored Wright when he worked at Edison High School in Minneapolis as a youth development specialist.

"He was the center of attention. He had a very, very welcoming personality. He would joke with you back and forth."

A makeshift memorial quickly took shape at the site, located at 63rd Avenue North and Kathrene Drive in Brooklyn Center.

The original "fist" sculpture from George Floyd Square — at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis where he died in police custody — was placed at Wright's memorial Monday, the Star Tribune's Kim Hyatt reported.

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Brooklyn Center police officer identified

The officer who officials say fatally shot Wright on Sunday was identified as Kimberly A. Potter, who has been on the force for 26 years, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

Potter has spent all 26 years of her career with the Brooklyn Center Police Department.

In body camera footage from the shooting that was released Monday morning, three officers are seen struggling with Wright as he tries to get back into his car.

In the video, which readers should be warned is extremely graphic, Potter yells "taser!" "taser!" before she is heard yelling "I shot him!" Potter meant to draw and shoot her Taser but instead fired a round into Wright, according to Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon.

"This was an accidental discharge," he said during a news conference Monday. No gun was found on Wright or in his car, Gannon noted.

"I've asked the BCA to conduct an independent investigation into the shooting and death," the chief said.

Gannon asked the community to be "patient" while the case is investigated.

Reporting and writing from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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