It’s Wednesday. Here are the top news stories of the morning, right after the weather:

A little more snow is possible today. It’ll be mostly cloudy all day, and there’s a 20 percent chance of snow showers in the morning. Highs will be in the upper 40s. Check out the latest forecast from Updraft. 

How Minnesotans are processing Daunte Wright’s death

Lisa Clemons was one of the first people to the scene of the killing of 20-year-old Daunte Wright. She’s the founder and director of A Mothers Love Initiative, an organization of Black parents that supports families impacted by gun violence.

“We get called out on a lot of traumatic incidents that happened in our community,” Clemons said in an interview with MPR News host Angela Davis. “We get called out to be there for the family.”

Clemons said she got a call from Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson on Sunday afternoon, asking her to come to the Brooklyn Center location where Wright was shot and killed by former police officer Kim Potter.

“The mom said, ‘I don't even want these chants that are happening right now,’” Clemons said. “I think she just wanted everything to focus on her son, who was still laying, you know, out there in the street.”

Yesterday, Davis had a conversation with community leaders and listeners about how they’re feeling in the wake of Wright’s death. Listen to the conversation here.

Chauvin case could go to jury as soon as Monday

The defense in the murder and manslaughter case of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin started questioning its witnesses yesterday. That could wrap up by Monday. At that time, the jury will start its private deliberations.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson has been trying this week to return jurors to the fact that drugs, including fentanyl, were found in George Floyd’s system. The defense has argued that Floyd died because of drug use and health issues and not due to Chauvin kneeling on his neck.

3 things to know:

• Defense use-of-force expert testifies Chauvin used “objectively reasonable” force against Floyd

• Jurors watched video of a 2019 arrest of Floyd, as well as separate body camera footage from another officer who responded to his fatal 2020 arrest

• Case could go to the jury as early as Monday

What you need to know about the temporary pause on J&J vaccines

Johnson & Johnson vaccinations were temporarily halted in the United States on Tuesday, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced they were investigating reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots.

The clots were found in six women between the ages of 18 and 48. More than 6.8 million doses of the J&J vaccine have already been administered in the United States, the vast majority with no or mild side effects.

At 9 a.m., host Kerri Miller talks with a doctor and a behaviorist about the race between the vaccines and the variants. We want you to join the discussion. Call in during the show with your questions at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828.

• 6,962 deaths (3 new)

• 545,404 positive cases; 95 percent off isolation

• 48 percent of adults with at least one dose; 33 percent completely vaccinated

• About 84 percent of Minnesotans 65 and older with at least one dose

— Katie Moritz, MPR News | Find me on Twitter @katecmoritz