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The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run that left an 8-year-old girl dead Wednesday night. The incident happened at 10:33 p.m. when a vehicle fatally struck the girl, then left the scene traveling southbound on Highway 252 at 66th Street.

A Hennepin County jury found former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the deadly traffic stop shooting of Daunte Wright. She is now the third police officer to be found guilty on charges related to an on-duty death in the state of Minnesota.

As her lawyers consoled her, former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter doesn't appear to show much emotion as she hears Judge Chu reading the guilty verdict. Potter was found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the deadly traffic stop shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

The crowd's reaction outside the Hennepin County Government Center when Kim Potter?s manslaughter guilty verdict was read. A Hennepin County jury found former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the deadly traffic stop shooting of Daunte Wright. She is now the third police officer to be found guilty on charges related to an on-duty death in the state of Minnesota.

After a second full workday of deliberations on Wednesday, jurors in the trial of Kim Potter, the former officer charged in Daunte Wright's death, still haven't found consensus on a verdict.

As the jury in the trial of Kim Potter continues deliberations, Brooklyn Center held a virtual meeting on Thursday on a measure to revamp the police department in Daunte Wright's name.

After a full day of deliberations, the jury deciding whether to convict former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter of manslaughter in the shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black man, during a traffic stop earlier this year has not reached a decision. Now, they are asking what happens if they can't find a consensus.

Jurors wrapped up five-plus hours of deliberations on Monday without a decision in the trial of Kim Potter and are set to return Tuesday morning, Judge Chu said Monday deliberations would go until 6 p.m. and jurors are being sequestered at a hotel for the length of deliberations.

Closing arguments begin Monday in the trial of former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter. Potter is accused of killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright during a traffic stop. Here's what one legal expert thought of Friday's testimony.

Defense attorney Marsh Halberg, who is not involved in this case, thinks Kim Potter's testimony on stand did a lot to help her case, calling it "power" and helped humanize her.