Outcome reached in Kim Potter trial over Daunte Wright's death

Brooklyn Center officer Anthony Luckey said during his testimony that he was to the right of Kim Potter when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. 

He said he was holding on to Wright when he heard Potter yell "Taser," several times.

"It was pretty much some intense thing when it happened," Luckey said. "When she yelled, 'Taser, Taser,' that's when I went back into the vehicle, realized that she said 'Taser, Taser' and right when I pulled back, that's when the round went off."

Then, he said he saw the flash of a gun and heard the bang. He said he was hit with a projectile.

Luckey said he did not know whose gun had gone off initially, but said he knew it wasn't a shot fired by Wright.

"I just knew that it wasn't Daunte's because I was able to see his hands," Luckey said.

Brooklyn Center officer Anthony Luckey, who was at the scene when Daunte Wright was fatally shot by former police officer Kim Potter, said Wright had given officers no reason to believe he had a gun, and said he was respectful and did not threaten officers.

The statement conflicts with the picture painted of Wright by the defense. In his opening statements, defense attorney Paul Engh told the jury about the potential for danger during the traffic stop, citing estimates that 40% of people in Brooklyn Center may be carrying guns in their cars.

Assistant Attorney General Matthew Frank questioned Brooklyn Center officer Anthony Luckey, who was at the fatal April 11 incident. He is the state's second witness and was questioned on handgun and stun gun training.

"The policy was: opposite side of your duty firearm," Luckey said about Brooklyn Center police training. "That way, officers do not get their firearms confused with their Tasers." 

The prosecution focused heavily on Potter's experience and certifications in the department, particularly since Potter's defense is that she innocently and accidentally shot Wright with her firearm when she meant to shoot him with her stun gun. 

Potter is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter. The second-degree charge alleges that Potter acted with “culpable negligence” in Wright’s death. 

The first-degree charge alleges that Wright’s death while recklessly handling a gun, causing the death to be reasonably foreseeable. An intent to kill is not required in either charge.

He confirmed that officers practice drawing the stun guns, go through slideshow lessons and perform continuous hands-on training regarding their weapons. They also go through training as not to confuse their weapons.

Katie Wright, testifying under the name Katie Bryant, told jurors about the final call she had with her son. She recalled him saying that he had an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror and said he was stopped by police for it. 

She told him to take it down and he said he already had.

He said that they were asking about insurance information, and she told him to hand the phone to the officer when he came to the window because the car was not protected by any insurance. 

"He just sounded really nervous, but I reassured him that it would be okay," she said. 
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She heard the police come back to the window, ask Daunte to step out of the vehicle and she heard him ask what he was in trouble for. 

She heard a voice tell Daunte to put the phone down and hang up the phone, and heard Duante and the officers begin to scuffle. She said she was then disconnected. 

"I was panicked. I called back, it seemed like 100 times but I believe was probably maybe four or five times and I kept calling so finally FaceTimed," Bryant said. "I don't know how much time lapsed, maybe a minute or two, and a female, [his girlfriend], answered the phone."

"She was screaming. I was like, 'what's wrong?' And she said that they shot him and she faced the phone toward the driver's seat. My son was laying there. He was unresponsive and I heard somebody say 'hang up the phone again,'" she tearfully recalled.