text: North Charleston Mayor R. Keith Summey (C) and Police Chief Eddie Driggers (L) speak during a press conference at City Hall in Charleston, South Carolina on April 8, 2015. The white police officer who fatally shot a fleeing black man in the US city of North Charleston has been fired after he was charged with murder, the mayor said. A police officer shot Walter Scott, 50, repeatedly in the back on Saturday after a scuffle that began with his being stopped for a broken tail light in his car.