Kim Potter, officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, is released from prison after serving 16 months

A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a taser and fatally shooting Black motorist Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis in 2021 was released from prison on Monday, CBS Minnesota confirmed.

The Minnesota Department of Corrections said Kim Potter, the former officer, was released at 4 a.m. local time on Monday after serving 16 months of her two-year sentence, according to the news station. She will be on supervised release for the remainder of the sentence.

"Based on the intelligence we gathered, we released Ms. Potter at a time we felt was safest for her and for everyone at the correctional facility," DOC spokesperson Andy Skoogman said in a statement.