Dashcam and body camera footage released in shooting of Keith...

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has released the dashcam and the body camera video of the encounter in which an officer fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott.

A file sent to the media Saturday also includes pictures of a handgun and marijuana that police say Scott possessed.

Body camera footage (WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO)

Dashcam footage (WARNING:GRAPHIC VIDEO)

The footage shows black man exiting an SUV and walking backward as he's shot at four times by Charlotte police, the Associated Press reported.

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