Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral of Walter L. Scott, the man whose death, captured on video, has transfixed and angered viewers nationwide.
The police officer who shot him, Michael T. Slager, has been fired from the North Charleston Police Department and charged with murder. Scott, 50, was shot after he fled a traffic stop.
Slager is white, Scott was black and his death came after other fatal shootings by police officers prompted protests and calls for reform. City officials here quickly condemned the shooting, and the black Cadillac hearse carrying Scott's casket to a cemetery will be escorted Saturday by a police detail.
The funeral services Saturday will be held at the WORD Ministries Christian Center, a low, one-story brick building with a green roof, surrounded by a grassy lawn with towering shade trees. The church holds about 500, and there was brief jostling as doors opened and church officials begged people to back up and let the Scott family enter.
"This is out of respect for his mother, who wanted this held here. So let's all calm down and work together," a church official said. Several men in the crowd murmured, "Amen!"
Lots of people raised cellphones and stood on tiptoe to take photos and video as the rear of the hearse opened to reveal the casket. Some people sang hymns as they waited, and hoped, to enter the church. Not everyone got inside, and as the service began a few hundred pressed against glass doors trying to see a black-and-white monitor in the lobby.
This story will be updated.
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