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Charlotte Police Release Footage of Shooting

Charlotte Police Release Footage of Shooting
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By The Associated Press
Sep. 24, 2016 | CHARLOTTE, NC
By The Associated Press Sep. 24, 2016 | 04:58 PM | CHARLOTTE, NC
Newly released police footage shows more details of how the fatal shooting of a black man unfolded.

Dashboard camera video shows two officers pointing their guns at Keith Lamont Scott, who is inside an SUV with the doors closed and windows rolled up.

Scott gets out, starts walking backward, and then four shots ring out. His wife's voice is audible as she yells both at him and at officers. It's unclear if there's anything in the man's hands.

From a different angle, police body camera footage shows an officer approach with his gun drawn and another officer already pointing his gun at Scott.

When Scott comes into view, he has his hands at his side and is standing outside of his car. The body camera footage doesn't show the moment the shots are fired, and Scott next comes into view already on the ground.

Audio in the body camera footage can't be heard until after Scott is on the ground.

North Carolina. Gov. Pat McCrory says he supports the decision to release police video recordings showing the shooting. McCrory said in a statement Saturday that he supported the decision of Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney. McCrory also said he had been assured by state investigators that the release wouldn't have an impact on their probe into the shooting.

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