Officer Kim Potter and Chief Tim Gannon resigned on Tuesday.
Police officer Kim Potter stepped down on Tuesday after shooting and murdering Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man, in a traffic stop on Sunday, officials in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, announced.
Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon also resigned on Tuesday, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced at a news conference.
Potter, a 26-year veteran of the Brooklyn Center Police Department, resigned with immediate effect.
In a letter to city officials, Potter wrote, “I have loved every minute of being a police officer and serving this community to the best of my ability, but I believe it is in the best interest of the community, the Department and my fellow officers if I quit my job immediately. “
Wright, the father of a 2-year-old boy, was driving in Brooklyn Center, about 10 miles northwest of Minneapolis, when he was stopped by police on Sunday afternoon. The officers initially pulled him over for an expired registration tag on his car, but concluded during the traffic stop that he had an outstanding gross felony warrant, Gannon said.
While the police tried to take him into custody, Wright got back into the car and Potter fired her gun and hit him. Gannon said Potter planned to use her Taser in place of her gun when she “accidentally” shot Wright.
In body camera video, released at a news conference on Monday, Gannon said Potter could be heard warning Wright that she was going to deploy her Taser.
However, the officer pulled their gun instead of their Taser, Gannon told reporters on Monday. “I believe the officer intended to deploy his Taser, but instead shot Mr. Wright with a single bullet. From what I watched and the officer’s reaction and grief immediately afterward, this seems to me a fluke. dismissal that resulted in the tragic death of Mr. Wright. “
Potter can be heard in the video shouting, “Holy s —, I just shot him!”
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating.
The mayor tweeted Tuesday that he is asking the governor to reassign the case to the Minnesota Attorney General’s office to “ensure transparency.”
Potter’s attorney, Earl Gray, had no further comment on Tuesday.
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ABC News’s Josh Hoyos and Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.