released dashcam video of the shooting, but family attorney chris chestnut says he and the ferrell family have met with police and watched the video. you can see. you can tell he s unarmed. he approaches the officers and immediately two laser beams in the center of his chest. he gets excited. wait wait wait stop. then he s coming forward saying stop. and he goes off the camera. you just hear shots. 1, 2, 3, 4, pause, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, pause. 1, 2. but police say officer carrick told investigators right after the shooting quote the suspect assaulted him by unknown means and he had quote apparent minor injuries but refused treatment. still, police called the shooting excessive and charged the 27-year-old officer with voluntary manslaughter, a felony less than 20 hours later. we re confident that the resolution of this case it will be found that officer carrick s actions were justified on the night in question.
with me? you thought it was your husband. he works nights. when officers arrived, they say ferrell ran toward them. one tried to subdue him unsuccessfully with a taser. police say carrick fired 12 shots, 10 of them hit ferrell killing him. the charlotte man was unarmed. authorities have not yet released dashcam video of the shooting, but family attorney chris chestnut says he and the ferrell family have met with police and watched the video. you can see. you can tell he s unarmed. he approaches the officers and immediately two laser beams in the center of his chest. he gets excited. wait wait wait stop. then he s coming forward saying stop. and he goes off the camera. you just hear shots. 1, 2, 3, 4, pause, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, pause. 1, 2. but police say officer carrick told investigators right after the shooting quote the suspect assaulted him by unknown