Eyewitness: Officer shot fleeing man 6 times

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Latest on the fatal shooting of a Raleigh, North Carolina, man by a police officer (all times local):

7:15 p.m.

A woman says she saw a Raleigh, North Carolina, police officer shoot a man six times.

Claresa Williams told The Associated Press that she was standing on a curb in front of her apartment early Monday afternoon when the police officer drove up and the man began running from in front of a convenience store.

Williams says the man jumped the fence into the backyard of a house next door. She says the officer jumped the fence, pulled his gun and shot the man six times.

Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown told a news conference earlier Monday that an officer shot and killed a man who was being pursued on foot. She said the man was wanted on a felony drug charge.

The State Bureau of Investigation is handling the case.

6:35 p.m.

Several dozen people have gathered around a makeshift memorial in downtown Raleigh where a man was fatally shot by a police officer during a foot pursuit.

People had placed flowers and candles at the memorial on Monday, and were writing messages on poster board.

Meanwhile, the minister of a nearby church says he believes the neighborhood will remain calm through the night.

Bibleway Temple is located about a quarter-mile from where authorities say a man wanted on a felony drug charge was killed during a foot pursuit with the officer. Bishop Darnell Dixon says he thinks people are more concerned about what happened than they are angry.

5:30 p.m.

A woman who lives in the downtown Raleigh neighborhood where a police officer fatally shot a man says a lot of drug activity takes place in the area at night.

Judith Lewis said Monday afternoon that she blames the activity on buyers coming in from elsewhere, creating “an open-air market” in the neighborhood.

Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown said Monday that an officer shot and killed a man who was being pursued for arrest on a felony drug charge. She said the State Bureau of Investigation will review the case, as is typical for fatal shootings by police officers.

It is standard procedure to put officers involved in fatal shootings on administrative leave. Police spokesman Jim Sughrue said he couldn’t confirm whether that had happened in this case.

4:20 p.m.

Authorities say a police officer has shot and killed a man in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown said at a news conference that police were trying to arrest a man on a felony drug charge when he was shot and killed Monday.

She said a firearm was found near the man’s body but provided no other details.

Earlier, police said in a statement that the shooting happened shortly after noon Monday.

Local television coverage showed police forming a line in the street as a number of people gathered at the scene behind yellow crime-scene tape and began chanting “No justice, no peace!”

The chant has been used repeatedly across the nation in recent years to protest the deaths of black men following encounters with law enforcement officers. Deck-Brown did not reveal the man’s race.

3:53 p.m.

Authorities say a police officer has shot someone near downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Raleigh Police Department said in a statement that the shooting happened shortly after noon Monday, but provided no details on what led to the shooting, who was shot, or what that person’s condition was.

Local television coverage showed police forming a line in the street as a number of people gathered at the scene behind yellow crime-scene tape and began chanting “No justice, no peace!” Some people shouted obscenities at the officers.

The chant has been used repeatedly across the nation in recent years to protest the deaths of black men following encounters with law enforcement officers.

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