Rioters in Brooklyn Center, MN using
umbrellas to fend off less-than-lethal munitions in the manner that Antifa
does. Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John
Minchillo)
Daunte Wright choked a woman and threatened to shoot her
if she did not hand over $820 she had stuffed in her bra, court papers obtained
by DailyMail.com allege.
That is the case that led to a warrant for his arrest at
the time he was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Potter in Minnesota
on Sunday, leading to days of unrest.
And online speculation that he did not know there was a
warrant out for his arrest is false, DailyMail.com has learned. A letter
returned to the court for having a wrong address was giving notice of a court
date in August and had nothing to do with the warrant.
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Daunte Wright had a warrant out for his
arrest for attempted aggravated robbery charges after 'choking and holding a
woman at gunpoint for $820 in 2019,' court papers reveal
By MARTIN GOULD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and RUTH STYLES IN BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
· Daunte Wright was shot dead by Brooklyn Center
Police Officer Kimberly Potter Sunday after he was pulled over for 'expired
license plate tags'
·
DailyMail.com can reveal that Wright, 20, had
a warrant out for his arrest for attempted aggravated robbery charges at the
time
·
Charging papers allege Wright and a second
man, Emajay Driver, attended a party in December 2019 at the home of two women
in Osseo, Minnesota
·
The women allowed the pair to crash after
they said they didn't have a ride home
·
The next morning, after one of the women went
to withdraw $820 in rent money, Wright allegedly held her at gunpoint and
demanded she give him the cash
·
His bail was originally set at $100k with
orders that he should not contact the victim or any witnesses, refrain from
drugs and alcohol and not have any weapon
·
It was revoked in July last year due to his
'failure to not possess a firearm or ammunition' and not keeping in touch with
his probation officer
·
DailyMail.com has also learned that online
speculation that Wright did not know there was a warrant out for his arrest is
false
Daunte Wright choked a woman and threatened to shoot her if she did not hand over $820 she had stuffed in her bra, court papers obtained by DailyMail.com allege.
That is the case that led to a warrant for his arrest at
the time he was shot and killed by police officer Kimberly Potter in Minnesota
on Sunday, leading to days of unrest.
Wright was fatally shot by Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kimberly Potter (pictured) on Sunday after he was pulled over for what police said were expired license plate tags
And online speculation that he did not know there was a
warrant out for his arrest is false, DailyMail.com has learned. A letter
returned to the court for having a wrong address was giving notice of a court
date in August and had nothing to do with the warrant.
Wright, 20, was shot dead in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on Sunday by Potter, 48, a 26-year veteran in the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
Police body cam footage of the fatal incident showed three officers approaching Daunte Wright's car in Brooklyn Center on Sunday after he had been pulled over for the traffic stop
She says she mistakenly grabbed her gun instead of her taser. After the gun fired, she is heard on body camera saying: 'Holy s**t I shot him.' Potter and Brooklyn Center police chief Tim Gannon both resigned on Tuesday.
Potter
could be heard shouting 'Taser!' several times in the moments before she fired
her gun. Immediately after, she can be heard saying: 'I shot him'. It appears
she dropped her gun in the aftermath
Wright was allegedly pulled over for having expired
license plate tags, although he called his mother and told her it was for
having an air freshener hanging on his rear-view mirror. While checking his
details, Potter and other officers learned of the warrant.
When they tried to handcuff him, Wright got back into his
car and at that point Potter shot him in the chest after warning fellow
officers to get out of the way by shouting, 'Taser, taser, taser.'
Wright was due to face trial on a charge of attempted
aggravated robbery - with a possible maximum sentence of 20 years in
prison.
Charging papers say he and a second man, Emajay Driver
went to a home shared by two women in Osseo, Minnesota 'to party' in December
2019. At the time, Wright was 19 and Driver was 18.
The women asked them to leave around 2.30 am on December
1, but they said they didn't have a ride and the women - who are not identified
in the court documents - allowed them to sleep on the floor.
In the morning, one of the women went to the bank to get
her $820 rent money which she gave to the other woman and then left for work.
As Wright, Driver and the second woman were leaving, Wright allegedly tried to
hold up the woman.
'The three of them were walking to the door to exit the
apartment and defendant Wright turned around and blocked the door preventing
victim from leaving,' says the report, written by Osseo Police Officer Shane
Mikkelson.
