But neighbors say he was the kind of man they got to know quickly. They told The Charlotte Observer they'd see him walking through the neighborhood daily, with a cane and a book in his hand. That's what Scott's family says the 43-year-old man was doing this week when a Charlotte police officer shot him dead. Scott became disabled after he was in a near-death motorcycle crash last year and broke both hips, she said. Under North Carolina law, Scott would have been prohibited from owning firearms or ammunition because he'd been convicted of a violent felony.

Source: CNN September 22, 2016 19:52 UTC