A video of the fatal encounter between Charlotte police officers and Keith L. Scott has been released by the family to the New York Times.
The cell phone footage (above) was recorded by Scott’s wife, Rakeyia. The video, however, does not show Scott in the moments before a police officer opened fire, so it remains unclear whether had a firearm.
The gunshots can be heard, but Scott and the officers are not visible in the video at that moment.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said in an interview with Megyn Kelly that Scott did have a gun and posed an “imminent threat” to the officers.
Police showed their own videos to the family on Thursday, but have not released them publicly.
