Kim Potter tearfully apologizes in court for fatally shooting Daunte Wright: "I'm sorry it happened"

• Former Minnesota cop Kim Potter cried out and apologized on the witness stand at her trial over the killing of Daunte Wright.
• "I'm sorry it happened!" a sobbing Potter yelled out while under cross-examination.

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter cried out and apologized on the witness stand on Friday during her trial over the shooting death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man.

"I'm sorry it happened!" a sobbing Potter yelled while under cross-examination in Hennepin County District Court. "I'm so sorry!"

Potter, 49, testified in her own defense at her trial, where she faces first- and second-degree manslaughter charges for the April 11, 2021 killing of Wright.

The 26-year veteran cop — who is white and has since resigned from the Brooklyn Center Police Department — fatally shot Wright, who was unarmed, during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb.

Potter has said that she intended to grab her Taser, which was holstered on the opposite side of her body, when she shot Wright in the chest.

When prosecutor Erin Eldridge grilled Potter, saying, "You didn't plan to use deadly force that day, did you," Potter wailed, "No ... I didn't want to hurt anybody."

Potter broke down on the witness stand multiple times earlier Friday.

"It just went chaotic," an emotional Potter told the 12-person jury as she recounted killing of Wright.

"I remember yelling, 'Taser, Taser, Taser,' and nothing happened and then [another cop] told me I shot him," she said before bursting into tears and holding her head in her hands.

Potter, who has pleaded not guilty in the case, faces a prison sentence of up to 25 years if she's convicted on both charges.

The defense announced it had rested its case shortly after Potter apologized on the stand. Closing arguments are scheduled to begin in the trial on Monday.