A man leapt between Brooklyn Center police vehicles while protesters damaged the vehicles Sunday in response to the shooting death of Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man, down the street earlier that afternoon.

A man held a portrait of Daunte Wright against the fence erected outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station Saturday night. Protesters gathered in response to the shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, who was killed by ex-Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter, while Wright attempted to flee a traffic stop.

Friends and family of Daunte Wright held Wright’s best friend back, Emajay Driver, as he tried to reach the police line near the site of Wright’s death Sunday at 63rd Avenue Avenue North and Lee Avenue North in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Driver was working a shift at McDonalds and taking an order when he received a text that his friend was shot and killed by during a traffic stop. To Driver’s right, Daunte Wright’s brother, Damik Bryant.

A man was helped off the pavement after being shot by riot police with a less-lethal round Sunday afternoon at 63rd Avenue North and Lee Avenue North Sunday. An intense confrontation with police took place hours after the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man, by ex-Brooklyn Center Police officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop.

A man accused Brooklyn Center Police of murder while screaming obscenities hours after the shooting death of Daunte Wright, an unarmed black man, during a traffic stop Sunday, April 11, 2021.

Zaniyah Davis, 15, and Tony Jefferson, 14, left and right, embrace tearfully after their friend Daunte Wright, 20, was killed by Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 63rd and Lee Avenues North in Brooklyn Center, Minn.

A firework explodes next to an officer’s head as he aimed a crowd-control weapon from the top of an armored Hennepin County Sheriffs Vehicle during a rally in response to the death of Daunte Wright, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop by Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter on Sunday, April 11.

Dispersants and less lethal rounds are fired at demonstrators by authorities during a protest in response to the death of Daunte Wright, Tuesday, April 13, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Wright was fatally shot during a traffic stop by Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter on Sunday, April 11.

Dorcas Monari, of Ostego, Minn., chanted “Black Lives Matter” with a group of protesters outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station Saturday night. Monari has a four year old son who is in remission from a battle with cancer. She’s scared that he’ll beat cancer, only to be killed by a police officer one day. Protesters gathered nightly outside the Brooklyn Center Police Station for the week following the shooting death of Daunte Wright by ex-officer Kimberly Potter during a traffic stop.

Damik Bryant, Daunte Wright’s brother, and Emajay Driver, Wright’s close friend, reacted after the guilty verdict was read Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021 outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn. A guilty verdict for both first and second degree manslaughter was delivered in the trial of ex-Brooklyn Center Police officer Kimberly Potter, who shot and killed Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April ] AARON LAVINSKY • [email protected]