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Report: N.C. shooting victim’s wife filmed encounter with cop

By Sun-Times staff

Protesters block Intestate 277 on Thursday, a third night of unrest following Tuesday’s fatal police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina. Gerry Broome/AP

The cellphone video made by the wife of the North Carolina man who was shot by cops shows the moments before and after the incident but not the shooting itself, according to a story by the New York Times. Wife of Keith Scott, Charlotte Shooting Victim, Filmed Fatal Encounter With Police

The video also doesn’t show whether Keith L. Scott had a gun, the story says.

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