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South Carolina shooting: passenger was in Walter Scott's car during traffic stop
South Carolina shooting: passenger was in Walter Scott's car during traffic stopReports say an unidentified passenger was in the 50-year-old’s car when he was stopped by officer Michael Slager before fatal shooting
A passenger was reportedly in Walter Scott’s car when Scott was stopped by a North Charleston police officer who fatally shot him shortly afterwards.
Local news station ABCNews4 said police reports showed an unidentified passenger was inside Scott’s Mercedes Benz when the 50-year-old was stopped by officer Michael Slager last Saturday.
That person could provide insight into the circumstances that led Slager to fire at Scott while the unarmed man was running away – an incident that was captured on video by Feidin Santana, who was walking to work nearby.
A spokesman for the Scott family’s attorney, Chris Stewart, told the news station the family does not know who the passenger was.
MORE:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/apr/09/south-carolina-shooting-passenger-walter-scotts-car-during-traffic-stop
