> Police in the Minneapolis area shot and killed a man in the suburb of Brooklyn Center on Sunday afternoon, sparking clashes between hundreds of protesters and officers in an area already on edge during the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin.
Family members at the scene of the shooting identified the victim as 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was Black.
Daunte Wright’s mother, Katie Wright, told reporters she was on the phone with her son as the encounter with police occurred. According to her account, reported by local TV news, her son called her as he was being pulled over and asked about car insurance for the vehicle, which she had recently given him.
She said she heard officers instruct her son to get out of the car and then “scuffling” shortly before the phone hung up.
“A minute later, I called and his girlfriend answered, who was the passenger in the car, and said that he’d been shot and she put it on the driver’s side, and my son was laying there lifeless,” she said.
Police, who had not formally identified Wright, said officers determined the driver had an outstanding warrant. They provided no further details.
On Sunday evening, hundreds of protesters marched to the Brooklyn Center police department and were met by officers in riot gear who discharged teargas, flash bangs and other munitions. Crowds had largely dispersed by midnight local time.