Protests as man shot by Minnesota officer in traffic stop crashes and dies

A person confronts a police officer near the site where a family said a man was shot and killed by local law enforcement in Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota (Christian Monterrosa/AP)
A person confronts a police officer near the site where a family said a man was shot and killed by local law enforcement in Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota (Christian Monterrosa/AP)

Crowds of mourners and protesters have gathered in a Minnesota city where the family of a 20-year-old man say he was shot by police before getting back into his car and driving away, then crashing several streets away.

The family of Daunte Wright said he was later pronounced dead.

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