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Biography Wiki / TriviaPhysical Appearance Family & Ethnicity Girlfriend & ChildWhat Happened at Brooklyn Center, Minnesota?Officials’ Statements Protest Statement by Daunte Wright’s mother, Katie WrightQuick Facts About Daunte Wright

Daunte Wright was born to his parents in the year 2001 in Chicago, Illinois, United States[2]Facebook. However, his exact date of birth is not available. According to the media sources, Daunte Wright was 20 years old (at the time of his death). 

An old photo of Daunte Wright (Photo via Facebook.com)

He was a multi-talented guy. According to his Facebook profile, he attended Edison High School for completing his schooling.

Daunte Wright with his friends

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According to the sources, Daunte Wright belonged to the African-American ethnicity.

Daunte Wright’s mother Katie Wright

However, no proper information is available regarding his family background. As per the latest media reports, his mother’s name is “Katie Wright”, who came forward for the justice of her son. 

According to the media reports, Daunte Wright has a child named Daunte Wright Jr from his relationship with his girlfriend (name not available).

Daunte Wright with his son

He also uploaded some pictures with his child on the internet. However, the identification of his partner is not available yet. 

According to the media sources, Brooklyn Center police were appointed for a traffic stop on April 11, 2021. Around 2:00 pm, the police stopped Daunte Wright for violating traffic rules. As per the sources, his registration tag was expired. After going through Daunte’s police database, they determined that Wright had an outstanding warrant. After that, they tried to arrest Daunte. 

Police body cam footage of the fatal incident

According to a police body camera, three police officers approaching Wright’s Buick LaCrosse car. One officer stepped out of Wright from the car and tried to put on handcuffs. But Wright re-entered his vehicle. After that, a female officer (identified as Kim Potter) said stop else “I’ll tase you” then yelled, “Taser! Taser! Taser!”[4]Wikipedia.

Officer Kim Potter (Photo Source: Fox News)

According to the reports, officer, Kim Potter took out her firearm weapon and suddenly said “Holy (expletive)! I shot him.”[5]ABC News. After this, Daunte escaped from the police and drove his car after he was shot. He drove his vehicle a few blocks away before colliding with another vehicle. 

Police also gave CPR to Daunte Wright but he declared dead at the moment. As per the sources, Daunte’s girlfriend was also present in the car at that time. As per reports, she suffered some non-life-threatening injuries and was hospitalized.

As indicated by the sources, at a news meeting, Tim Gannon (Brooklyn Center Police Chief) said that he thought the official who shot Wright committed an error, in view of the body camera film, and incorrectly accepted she was shooting a taser and not her weapon. 

Daunte Wright and his child

A previous examiner Henderson said that further advances ought to be taken to ensure what occurred on Sunday doesn’t occur again[6]CNBC.

On the other hand, US President Joe Biden said about Daunte Wright’s death incident and also said that “Peaceful protest is justifiable”. What’s more, the truth of the matter is that we do realize that the resentment, torment, and injury that exists in the Black people group in that climate is genuine – it’s not kidding, and it’s considerable. In any case, that doesn’t legitimize viciousness. We ought to tune in to Wright’s mother who is calling for calm and peace[7]USA Today.

After the death incident of Daunte Wright, a large number of people were gathered at the incident place and started demanding justice for Daunte. Similarly, in May 2020, people also made a protest and stands in the favor of black lives matter movement of George Floyd. 

Protests for Daunte Wright’s death (Image Source: Billboard)

According to the sources, Mike Elliott (Mayor of Brooklyn Center) issued a city-wide curfew. Apart from this, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz also released a night curfew on 12 April 2021 in Dakota, Hennepin, Anoka, and Ramsey. 

According to the statement of Katie Wright (Daunte Wright’s mother), she said that her son was shot for no reason. She also said that she was on the call with her son during the traffic stop. 

Katie Wright, mother of Daunte Wright, 20, describes the phone call with her son as he was pulled over. @kare11pic.twitter.com/3lz5jncTuc

— Chris Hrapsky (@ChrisHrapsky) April 12, 2021

As per Katie, Daunte was pulled by Police, because he had air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror[8]New York Times. According to the reports, his mother pleaded for peace and only want to about, why her son got shot for no reason.

There is no proper information is available about his exact profession. As per our research, he was a rapper. He was an avid smoker.

Daunte Wright was a smoker

Apart from this, Daunte Wright also used to play basketball. According to his Facebook profile, his jersey number was 10.

Daunte Wright jersey number

He also played some junior-level basketball championships. Daunte Wright was fond of Jordan shoes. 

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