Keith Lamont Scott, the man killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday, got out of his car with a handgun before he was shot, the police chief said. 

Police recovered a handgun, but no book at the scene.

Scott's family had said he was reading a book in his car when he was shot.

His death sparked violent protests overnight in the city.



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