1 dead in US protest; police say they didn't shoot

September 22, 2016 08:07

One person was killed and two other people were taken to the hospital during protests Wednesday evening in Charlotte, United States, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney and emergency personnel.

The man fatally shot downtown just after 8 pm was shot by a civilian, according to the city of Charlotte. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department did not fire the shot, the city said in a tweet.

The protest at a 6-acre downtown park was to bring attention to the fatal police shooting of a black man on Tuesda, but as some protesters left the park and marched through the streets, they faced off with police in riot gear. Some of the protesters held their hands in the air, chanting, Hands up, dont shoot, at a distance from officers, while others approached the officers face masks, saying, Why do you keep killing us?

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