In Minnesota, the manslaughter trial of former police officer Kim Potter continues. Last week, jurors heard testimony from Daunte Wright’s partner Alayna Albrecht-Payton, who was in the car at the time of his killing. She described the harrowing moments after Kim Potter shot Wright.
Alayna Albrecht-Payton: “I just remember, like, trying to — trying to just get him up. Like, I was the only one, out of everybody there, who was trying to help him. And I was trying to push on his chest and call his name. And he wasn’t answering me. He was just gasping.”
Prosecutors also showed the court bodycam footage of police handcuffing the distraught Alayna Albrecht-Payton after the shooting. Witnesses say police officers did not offer immediate medical assistance to Wright after he was shot, and waited four minutes to help him.