Protests broke out in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday evening after a black man was killed by a police officer, just days after another officer-involved shooting in Tulsa.
In both cases, police said they felt threatened and were forced to take lethal action.
In Charlotte, police said the man shot by police, Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was holding a gun, while family members say he was reading a book.
But what really happened? Here's a rundown of what police say happened in the Tulsa and Charlotte officer involved shootings and what family members say.
What police say happened:
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police were searching for a suspect with an outstanding warrant Tuesday afternoon at The Village at College Downs in Charlotte, N.C., when they observed Keith Lamont Scott, 43, — not the suspect they were looking for — inside a vehicle at the apartment complex.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said Scott exited a vehicle he was sitting in armed with a firearm, then got back into the car.
When officers approached the car, Scott got out of the car with the gun again. The officers considered Scott to be "an imminent deadly threat to the officers who subsequently fired their weapon striking the subject," officials said.
The police chief said during a press release on Wednesday that police recovered a weapon from the scene, and did not find a book at the scene.
“It’s time to change the narrative, because I can tell you from the facts that the story’s a little bit different than it’s been portrayed so far, especially through social media,” Putney said.
Emergency responders transported Scott to Carolinas Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
What Scott's family says happened:
Scott's family allege he was shot by an undercover officer while reading in his car. A man who said he was Scott’s brother told reporters that Scott was in his car when an undercover officer exited his vehicle and yelled gun. He said the man shot him four times.
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