A new video showing the killing of Keith Lamont Scott, filmed by his wife, shows police warning Scott to “drop the gun” as his wife screams that he did not have a weapon.
Scott, 43, was killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was mistaken for a suspect in another incident. Police have refused to release police body camera footage of the incident. His death has sparked days of unrest in the city, during which one man was shot and later died.
The video does not show the moment of Scott’s death, or whether he had a weapon. The Scott family insists he was unarmed.
In the video, released by the Scott family attorneys to the New York Timesand NBC News, Rakeyia Scott can be heard yelling to a group of police, “Don’t shoot him, don’t shoot him, he has no weapon,” while officers yell to “drop the gun”.
Soon after, four shots are fired and police are seen gathered around Scott’s body, lying on the ground.
“He better not be fucking dead,” Rakeyia Scott shouts, standing a short distance away. “He better live.”
According to NBC, police have previously said that a still photo taken from a video shows a pistol near Scott’s feet.
