Protesters Clash with Police in Charlotte After Fatal Shooting of Black Man

Earlier on Tuesday, Keith Lamont Scott, 43, was shot by a black officer and died in hospital.Police say he was carrying a gun and posed “imminent deadly threat”, but relatives told local media he was not holding a weapon but a book.

Protesters outraged over the incident blocked streets and police used tear gas, local media reported.

Twelve police officers have been injured during protests sparked by the police shooting of a black man in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Demonstrators destroyed marked police cars around the block of flats where the shooting took place, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department tweeted.

One officer was hit in the face with a rock, it said.