People are angry over the death of a man shot and killed by police. But there are two very different versions of the story. Kirsten Joyce 8 news now reporter nia wong is here to take a look at what were hearing from both the family of the victim and police. Nia . nia wong brian and kirsten. Were getting conflicting reports from police and the family of Keith Lamont Scott. Scotts family say officers shot him while reading a book inside his car on tuesday. But police say scott had a gun. This is charlotto protesters took to the streets. Bringi ng traffic to a standstill on this interstate. Some took items from trucks and set them on fire. Others hurled water bottls and rocks at squad cars. Officers say they were looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they encountered scott getting out of his car. Police shot and killed the 43 yearold. It turns out scott was not the man police were looking for. police chief kerr putney Charlotte Mecklenburg as they engage him, he is armed
The latest. Nia . Traffic is now open in both directions. Troopers just cleared this scene within the last half hour. We still have one nhp car off sunset because of this crash which they tell us happened before 2thirty this morning. They say a 27 year old male was riding a yamaha r1. Southbound on decatur. Just after sunset road. He veered onto the right hand shoulder into a dirt patch and crashed. This man was ejected from his motocycle and taken to umc where troopers tell me he died shortly after. Too soon to say if drugs or alcohol were a facr. Motorist was driving recklessly, as well as speeding. Traffic is still blocked southbound. brian loftus demetria, how are the roads . Michael Stevens the man accused of inside a valley starbucks is Kirsten Joyce this happened sunday inside the coffee shop near rainbow and warm springs. Police say 34 year old Pedro Jose Garcia went into starbucks after his card was declined at the drive thru window. Witnesseses tell us he got into an argument
Call came in around 2 22 a. M. Nhp identified the driver as a 27 year old male on a yamaha r1. Decatur when he drove off the right shoulder onto dirt road. He was ejected and died at umc. One witness called in to report him driving recklessly at multiple points before the crash. Traffic will be shut down for several hours during investigation at least sb in decatur. Too soon to know if alcohol or drugs were factors. nia wong nia wong Demetria Obilor southbound sunset is closed near the 215 interchange after a fatal crash. Avoid the area using jones instead. Northbound traffic is getting through. Rancho and us 95 up in the northwest. Looks like there is some rain up in the northwest at us 95 and 215 Demetria Obilor back to you. Kirsten Joyce right now. We want to get a check on your forecast. brian loftus Sherry Swensk is here with that. Sherry Swensk on the way. And light wind. Thunderstorms have fired off over northern arizona. And showers shifting west toward Southern Nevada. The cha
Were getting conflicting reports from police and the family of Keith Lamont Scott. Scotts family say officers shot him while reading a book inside his car on tuesday. But police say scott had a gun. This is charlotte hours after the shooting. Protesters took to the streets. Bringi ng traffic to a standstill on this interstate. Some took items from trucks and set them on fire. Others hurled water bottls and rocks at squad cars. Officers say they wereok outstanding warrant when they encountered scott getting out of his car. Police shot and killed the 43 yearold. It turns out scott was not the man police were looking for. police chief kerr putney Charlotte Mecklenburg as they engage him, he is armed with a handgun that we found on the scene as well, make some imminent threat to them, and because of that, at least one of our officers fired. nia wong police eventually threw teargas. Facebook. By a woman claiming to be scotts daghter. She and scotts sister. Shared different accounts of what
Feel so bad. And im just going to pray that theyre ok and i dont know if they were my daughters classmates or if they were somebody i knew i dont know. Just feel so bad. paul joncich police say a man who is related to the suspected shooter was found dead following the shooting. Patrick Walker back here in the valley. Police need your help solving a deadly stabbing. Investigators say a man was dropped off at Mountain View hospital after being stabbed somewhere near Washington Police say the victim was involved in some sort of altercation before someone stabbed him multiple times. And they believe the man who brought him to the hospital may have been involved in the altercation as well. If you have any information. Call crimestoppers. The number is at the bottom of the screen. This is las vegas 125th homicide. Patrick Walker the man accused of shooting and killing a customer at starbucks made his first appearance in court this morning. Pedro garcia is facing a number of charges in the ca