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
Were hurt. And as don champion shows us. The unrest is expected to grow. That 43yearold keith scott died after being shot by police in this charlotte, North Carolina parking lot tuesday is not being disputed. But a witness is casting doubt on the official police story about who shot him, and why. Police chief kerr putney says officers looking for the subject of a warrant noticed scott with a weapon. Mr. Scott exitedh with a handgun as the officers continued to yell at him to drop it. he stepped out, posing a threat, and officer Brently Vinson fired his weapon. Officer vinson, an africanamerican, was placed on administrative leave. Theyre not telling you what actually happened to that man. Theyre trying to cover it up. Taheshia williams says she witnessed the shooting, and took but her story is very different from what police say happened including the race of the Police Officer the white cop with the bald head pulled up behind that man, blocked him into his parking space he couldnt mov
Secon seconds. City officials calling for calm after the Fatal Police Shooting of a black man. This is not a good scene here. Protesters clash with police in charlotte. They say hands up, he got a gun. Pow, pow, pow. He had no gun. Our dpek tiffs recovered the firearm that the subject was holding. The man suspected of setting off explosives in new york and new jersey have been investigated before. Ahmad khan rahami is now facing state and federal charges in connection with the incident. In tulsa growing calls for the arrest of a Police Officer who shot and killed an unarmed driver. President george h. W. Bush say hes going to vote for hillary. He didnt say that but i wouldnt be surprised. The president used his final address to the United Nations General Assembly to take some not so subtle shots at donald would only imprison itself. A u. S. Military spy plane crashed in california killing one pilot and injuring another. A post for a stunt pilot in jefd da, a man also decapitated. I lik
How this got started according to policewell they say the suspect got into an argument with a customer inside the store after his credit card was declined at the drive thru window. Police say he shot the victim in the chest. And then fired twice into the airand as you can imagine rattling the nerves of many people inside the store. Police ultimately took the man into custody. Mauricio Marin howeverpolice s t cooperative. Authorities arent releasing his name at the time. But tell us he made a threat that forced bomb squad to come in. We continue Team Coverage now with Brittany Edney. She has the latest in that portion of the investigation. Brittany . Brittany Edney investigators are searching his home and also his gray pickup truck which is in the Shopping Center across the street behind me. As for the initial threat. Metro and they brought in a lot of resources today to confirm that. Investigators tell us swat, armored trucks, the bomb squad and fbi agents came out to the scene. Becaus
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