Crime & Courts

Timeline: North Charleston police officer charged with murder of Walter Scott

By Jeff Kidd

jkidd@thestate.com
A video supplied to The New York Times captures the shooting of a man fleeing a North Charleston police officer on Saturday after a traffic stop.
A video supplied to The New York Times captures the shooting of a man fleeing a North Charleston police officer on Saturday after a traffic stop. The New York Times

Michael Slager, a former North Charleston police officer, is charged with murder in the April 4 shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott. A bystander’s cellphone video showed Slager firing eight times as Scott tried to run away. A timeline of events.

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This story was originally published August 26, 2015 at 8:50 AM with the headline "Timeline: North Charleston police officer charged with murder of Walter Scott."

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