Kimberly Potter arrested, will be charged with manslaughter in Daunte Wright shooting

Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright after mistakenly drawing her gun instead of her Taser, was arrested Wednesday and will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, state prosecutors said.

“Agents with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) this morning arrested a former Brooklyn Center police officer for the April 11 shooting death of Daunte Wright,” the state agency said on Twitter. “Agents took Kim Potter into custody at approximately 11:30 a.m. at the BCA in St. Paul.”