Video shows moments before Florida police shot unarmed man

A Florida police officer shot and wounded an autistic man's black caretaker, authorities said, in an incident captured on cellphone video.

July 21, 2016 at 2:20PM
Cell video taken of the shooting of Charles Kinsey in North Miami on July 18.
Cell video taken of the shooting of Charles Kinsey in North Miami on July 18. (Colleen Kelly/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This video taken on a cell phone shows the moments before and after the shooting of Charles Kinsey on July 18 by North Miami police.

The video shows Kinsey lying down and putting his hands up while trying to get his patient to comply. An officer fired three times, striking Kinsey in the leg, North Miami Assistant Police Chief Neal Cuevas said. No weapon was found. Read the latest on this developing story.

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