Pathologist: Daunte Wright’s gunshot wound wasn’t survivable

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Daunte Wright has opened its second week of testimony with an assistant medical examiner telling jurors that his gunshot wound was not survivable. The 20-year-old Black motorist was slain April 11 after police pulled him over in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center for having expired license plate tags and an air freshener hanging from his rearview mirror. The officer who shot him, Kim Potter, resigned two days after the shooting and is charged with manslaughter. Prosecutors also worked to show the differences between the officer’s handgun and a Taser that the defense said she intended to fire.