CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A chaotic scene erupted in north Charlotte Tuesday night after an African-American man was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting.

Police said they had been searching for someone who had an outstanding warrant at The Village at College Downs complex on Old Concord Road when they saw Keith Lamont Scott leave his car holding a gun.

CMPD said Scott got out, had a gun on him, and put the officers in imminent danger.  Officer Brentley Vinson shot Scott. Both men were African-American, a police official said.

“Man was in his truck, reading a book waiting for his kid to come home,” said a man on scene.  “Cops shot him, for nothing.”

Emergency services were called to the scene where they transported Scott to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

“As is standard procedure with any officer involved shooting, Officer Vinson has been placed on paid Administrative Leave,” the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said in a statement Tuesday night.

Detectives recovered a firearm at the scene and were interviewing witnesses, CMPD also said.

Police blocked access to the area, which is about a mile from the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as protesters gathered after the shooting.

Some protesters were heard yelling “Black lives matter,” and “Hands up, don’t shoot!” One person held up a sign saying “Stop Killing Us.”

Other footage showed protesters lingering around a police vehicle after shattering its windows.

Earlier, a tow truck was brought in to take another police cruiser away.

A dozen police officers were injured in clashes with people protesting the shooting overnight.

A man who said he’s the brother of Scott said to NBC Charlotte:

“He was waiting on his son to get from school and police came out with no…he didn’t have on no uniform to determine if he was a police or not — he was an undercover and he just jumped out and yelled ‘gun’ and shot at him,” he told NBC Charlotte’s Tanya Mendis. “I think they shot him four times, I’m not sure, but he’s dead.”

Hostility among the community grew quickly as word of what happened spread. A woman saying she was the man’s daughter posted a video on Facebook Live from the scene.

“Shot my Daddy for being black! And look they’re just standing there.”

As night fell, a massive crowd of people gathered on Old Concord Road, chanting in protest after another officer-involved shooting where Scott was killed.

“People get upset when we say ‘black lives matter, black lives matter,’ said a student. “But these are the people we have to focus on the most because these types of situations always happen.”

Source: WCNC