Man shot by citizen firing 'indiscriminately into a crowd' at Wednesday's #CharlotteProtest has died

Brett T. | 7:46 PM on September 22, 2016

NBC Charlotte is reporting Thursday evening that the man who was shot by another civilian as demonstrators marched through the city in protest of the officer-involved shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott has died.

Man shot at Charlotte protest has died https://t.co/dDbfVfgymB pic.twitter.com/CeO4IwoEXG

— Michael King (@mhking) September 22, 2016

Police had issued a report Wednesday evening that the man had died, but later issued a correction, saying that he was in an intensive care unit in critical condition. Reporters had claimed he had been shot in the head in front of the Omni Charlotte Hotel by another civilian.

https://twitter.com/keithfhamilton/status/779084336033329153

https://twitter.com/ProsFB/status/779088804363763712

I'm very sorry to read this.

— Carla Moar (@CBMoar) September 22, 2016

Writing in The Daily Beast, Ryan James gives a first-person account of the shooting incident that has now proved fatal.

Update: Charlotte tweeted an unnamed victim dead, later said on life support. Less than 24 hours later, he was dead. https://t.co/y5HOW7rikD pic.twitter.com/PCVsrcYSLY

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 22, 2016

James, who witnessed the shooting, writes:

Around 8:30 p.m., a civilian fired a pistol indiscriminately into a crowd of dozens outside the hotel, turned and ran, leaving a man laying on the ground in a pool of blood on the sidewalk. There was a loud pop, then panic and confusion. Standing about 10 yards away, I looked down the barrel of a pistol. Several people were screaming, saying someone was shot in the head and a crowd quickly formed around the victim, a black male.

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The shooter, a black male, was standing at the intersection of East Trade and South College streets with the weapon still aimed. He turned and ran. Emergency personnel arrived about five minutes later.