sparking violent protests that injured more than 12 officers<\/a>. Witnesses said the man who was killed, Keith Lamont Scott, was unarmed.<\/p>\n\u201cHe exited the vehicle armed with a handgun,\u201d Charlotte Police Chief Kerr Putney said in a news conference Tuesday. \u201cThe officers gave loud, clear verbal commands which were also heard by many of the witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Police instructed Scott to drop the weapon, he said, but he re-entered his vehicle and exited again still holding the gun.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe stepped out, posing a threat to the officers,\u201d so one officer shot at him, Putney said. The officers immediately requested medical help, which performed CPR on the scene. Scott, 43, later succumbed to his injuries while in medical care.<\/p>\n
Police identified the shooter as Officer Brentley Vinson, who has worked for the department since July 2014. Vinson is black.<\/p>\n
The shooting \u2015 the sixth Charlotte-Mecklenburg police killing of a civilian in the past year \u2015 happened just before 4 p.m. at an apartment complex roughly a mile from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers were searching at the complex for someone else who was wanted on an outstanding warrant, police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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