'Don't shoot him!': Family releases video of fatal Charlotte shooting

The family of Keith Lamont Scott, who was fatally shot by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, released their own video of the encounter on Friday. The shooting sparked three days of protests in the city. The family continued to urge officials to release their own recordings of the incident.

The moment the police officer shoots Keith Scott, a 43-year-old father of seven, cannot be seen in the two-minute video recorded by his wife, Rakeyia, who can be heard urging officers not to open fire. "He doesn't have a gun. He has a TBI (traumatic brain injury)," Rakeyia Scott can be heard informing the police officers. "He's not going to do anything to you guys. He just took his medicine."

"Don't shoot him! He has no weapon," she can be heard telling officers as they yell at Scott, "Drop the gun!" About a half-dozen gunshots can be heard in the video released to US media, followed by her scream, "Did you shoot him? He better not be dead."

The video was filmed from a nearby curb as the drama unfolded on the street in front of Rakeyia Scott.

Scott's death was the latest in a long string of controversial killings of black people by US police that stirred an intense debate on race and justice and unleashed waves of protests and riots.

Watch the video recorded by Scott's wife moments before he was fatally shot:

(With agency inputs)