Officer Kim Potter and Chief Tim Gannon submitted resignations on Tuesday.
Police officer Kim Potter resigned from her post on Tuesday after he shot and killed a 20-year-old Black man at a stop at Daunte Wright on Sunday, officials in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, announced.
Brooklyn Center Mayor Tim Gannon also submitted his resignation on Tuesday, Brooklyn Center Mayor Mike Elliott announced at a news conference.
Potter, a 26-year-old Brooklyn Center veteran, submitted her resignation immediately.
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’s in the best interest of the community, the department and my fellow officers if I resign immediately. ‘
The mayor said: “We did not ask her to resign, it was a decision she made.”
Wright, father of a 2-year-old boy, was driving in downtown Brooklyn, about 20 miles northwest of Minneapolis, when he was stopped by police Sunday afternoon. Officers initially pulled him down for a registration plate on his car that had expired, but determined during the stop of the car that he had an outstanding warrant, Gannon said.
When police try to arrest him, Wright gets back in the car and Potter shoots her gun and strikes him. Gannon said Potter was planning to use her Taser instead of her rifle when she shot Wright “accidentally”.
Gannon said in a video camera video released during a press conference that Potter could be heard warning Wright that she was going to deploy her Taser.
“However, the officer drew their pistol instead of their Taser,” Gannon told reporters Monday. “I believe the officer intended to deploy their Taser, but Mr. Wright fired with a single bullet. It seems to me, from what I saw and the officer’s reaction and distress immediately thereafter, that it accidentally was dismissal that led to 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 on Tuesday that he ask the governor to reassign the case to the attorney general in Minnesota to ensure ‘transparency’.
Commandant Tony Gruenig was appointed acting police chief. According to the mayor, he has been with the Brooklyn Police Department for 19 years.
Potter’s attorney, Earl Gray, made no further comment Tuesday.
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ABC News’s Josh Hoyos and Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.