South Carolina (US): A video released on Thursday (April 9) purports to show the aftermath of the fatal shooting of 50-year-old Walter Scott in North Charleston, captured by a bystander.
A still from the video captured by bystander
A white South Carolina police officer has been fired after being charged with murder for shooting a black man in the back as he fled, but questions remain about some details of the killing that was filmed by the first witness — identified by NBC News as Feidin Santana.
The shooting occurred on Saturday (April 4) in North Charleston, a town of about 100,000 people, nearly half of whom are black, but it gained national media attention on Tuesday when the video became public.
The shooting was the latest in a series of deaths during police encounters in the United States that have led protesters to decry racism and police brutality.
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