the fbi had to look at the lower resolution and they found they could not make a determination based on that. mr. scott s gun, a colt .380 semiautomatic, was recovered at the scene. it had one round in the chamber. the safety was off and the gun was cocked. there s the gun, safety off, cocked and later it was found a bullet live in the chamber. investigators traced mr. scott s gun which was stolen from a gaston county home, then illegally sold to mr. scott on september 2nd. the seller admitted that he sold the gun to mr. scott in a facebook conversation betwee the seller and a third party
foreclosing on 36,000 mortgages. the bank later flipped for hundreds of millions in profits. wound up needing a $2.2 billion government bailout and failed wiping out taxpayer money. somebody facing a rough, rough confirmation fight. margaret, even before then. just look at the background of mnuchin and ross. look at, a wall street just interrupting myself quick. down to charlotte. this is, i think, the lawyer representing keith lamont scott, following the announcement from the district attorney that no charges are filed against the officer involved in his shooting death. let s listen in. that andrew murray, his office, the sbi, and the courtesy that they have shown to the scott family this morning, in meeting with us, and answering the questions that we had, and giving us a lot of additional information about what their investigation had showed. we still have concerns, and it s
her husband keith lamont scott. now, there was another witness. remember that story that initially, you know, really catapulted this to national attention is keith lamont scott was holding a book instead of a gun. several witnesses repeated that. it really caught fire on social media. and it really fueled the community anger. again, the district attorney said upon further investigation by those agents, by the state bureau of investigation, the witness who initially said that, that witness then told the agents she never actually saw the shooting. she was in her apartment. never witnessed that. it really speaks to how, you know, in this age of social media and this digital age where some sketchy information may come out at the very beginning of this investigation, it really, you know, just sent this story around the country and it fueled, you know, that national conversation about police
conclude that one of the shots before the shot in the shoulder was to the abdomen, causing mr. scott to keel over, causing a shot after to go through the shoulder and the trajectory ends up in the front of the abdomen. there has been some speculation in the community regarding whether mr. scott was armed. i would like to address those specific concerns. all of the credible and available evidence suggests that he was, in fact, armed. here s the evidence that leads us to that conclusion. prior to my action prior to any action being taken, officer vincent told sergeant pendergraft that he saw mr. scott with a gun and sergeant pendergraft relayed that information over the radio. that s the radio traffic you heard a few minutes ago. every officer present reported seeing mr. scott holding a gun.
ty, i have learned, means thank you. i m still hurt. i feel like it s my fault he is dead. the seller also revealed that he sold a holster to mr. scott with modifications that matched those found on the holster mr. scott was wearing. here s the holster. he said he modified it. when he was showing the holster he says oh, yeah [ inaudible ]. the seller went to gander same day he sold it, where mr. - scott purchased a magazine and ammunition for the firearm. agents located a computer transaction receipt for the magazine and ammunition and the purchase was made with a debit card ending in the numbers that matched the debit card found in mr. scott s wallet.