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Report: Disabled Black Man Shot Dead by Police While Reading in the Car
Posted: September 20, 2016
LYRIC YOURADORABLE SCOTT/FACEBOOK
A disabled black man has died at the hospital after being shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer in University City, a subdivision of Charlotte, NC.
The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon on Old Concord Road.
Police said they were searching for someone who had outstanding warrants when they saw a male with a gun leave a vehicle. The victim was not the subject of the search, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney.
According to police reports, the man, who has not been named, returned to his vehicle. When they approached the man, they claim he “posed an imminent deadly threat to the officers” and one of them opened fire.
Medics arrived and the injured man was taken to Carolinas Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
The shooter has not been named. Police have said, per protocol, they will be placed on administrative leave.
The victim’s daughter found out that her father was dead via the news while recording from the scene of the shooting.
Watch the victim’s daughter livestream from the scene below:
Report: Disabled Black Man Shot Dead by Police While Reading in the Car
Posted: September 20, 2016
LYRIC YOURADORABLE SCOTT/FACEBOOK
A disabled black man has died at the hospital after being shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer in University City, a subdivision of Charlotte, NC.
The shooting happened Tuesday afternoon on Old Concord Road.
Police said they were searching for someone who had outstanding warrants when they saw a male with a gun leave a vehicle. The victim was not the subject of the search, said Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney.
According to police reports, the man, who has not been named, returned to his vehicle. When they approached the man, they claim he “posed an imminent deadly threat to the officers” and one of them opened fire.
Medics arrived and the injured man was taken to Carolinas Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
The shooter has not been named. Police have said, per protocol, they will be placed on administrative leave.
The victim’s daughter found out that her father was dead via the news while recording from the scene of the shooting.
Watch the victim’s daughter livestream from the scene below:
Report: Disabled Black Man Shot Dead by Police While Reading in the Car
