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MIAMI, (APP/AFP) – A police officer in Raleigh, North
Carolina fatally shot a man wanted on a drug charge on Monday, prompting protests amid accusations that the victim was shot in the back.
The officer was chasing the suspect — wanted for a felony drug
charge — on foot, Raleigh police chief Cassandra Deck-Brown told reporters.
“During the course of the pursuit, the suspect was shot and killed by
the officer,” she said.
“Initially, it is known that a firearm was located within close
proximity to the deceased suspect,” she added without elaborating.
Deck-Brown asked for patience while the authorities investigate the
incident.
Police did not identify the officer or the suspect.
However, local media reported a woman at the scene as saying a cousin had
told her a police officer had shot and killed her 24-year-old son.
Rolanda Byrd said her son, Akiel Denkins, was unarmed and had been
shot in the back, the paper reported.