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Fatal Police Shooting in North Carolina Sparks Riots

Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images
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By Stephanie Parker
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September 21, 2016

The streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, erupted in protests Tuesday night after the fatal shooting of a man by a police officer.

The victim, 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott, was shot earlier Tuesday by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer at an apartment complex on the city’s northeast side.

Police said Scott was armed, and they recovered a gun at the scene.

Fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott by North Carolina officer prompts violent protests https://t.co/1R8NE9dvC0 pic.twitter.com/qRmYNjyDTt

— KTLA (@KTLA) September 21, 2016

Demonstrators gathered near the shooting site and became violent, injuring 12 officers and destroying police vehicles.

One officer was hit in the face with a rock. Photo and media footage shows officers in riot gear and police firing tear gas to break up the crowd.

Dozens of protestors were seen looting semi-trucks and setting the contents on fire on interstate 85.

Meanwhile, a new discovery is shedding light on another police shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Read the full story on CBN.

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