Jury for Officer’s Trial in Daunte Wright Death Reaches 10

Katie Wright, the mother of Daunte Wright, left, and his father, Arbuey Wright, right, arrive at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, on Dec. 2, 2021. Jim Mone/AP Photo

MINNEAPOLIS—Jury selection moved forward Thursday in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in Daunte Wright’s shooting death, with a 10th juror seated ahead of opening statements next week.

Kim Potter, 49, is charged with first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 shooting of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist, following a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.