Close to a year later, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department released body camera footage from an officer-involved shooting that resulted in the death of an armed supect. Following an investigation, the department said officers acted appropriately during the incident.

The video, dated Sunday, June 26, 2022, shows Kevin Boston holding a gun and walking away from officers after allegedly robbing a nearby Food Lion armed robbery. This footage was court-ordered for release following a petition.  

According to a statement from the department, officers located Boston near the scene, police said. When they approached Boston, he pulled out a gun.

Officers took cover and commanded Boston to drop the weapon, but he did not comply and continued to walk down the street with the gun in his hand. 

Police said officers, who viewed Boston as an imminent deadly threat, discharged their weapons, shooting Boston.

 Boston also fired at officers, and several of his rounds struck CMPD vehicles, police said.

After officers restrained Boston, they gave him medical aid. He later died of his injuries at the hospital. He was 45-years-old at the time of his death.

The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations (NCSBI), CMPD Internal Affairs Bureau and the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office conducted separate investigations into the shooting. 

The initial information released by CMPD following the incident stated that the suspect fired upon officers first, after which officers returned fire. 

At the conclusion of the investigation, CMPD said they “cannot definitively state that the suspect fired first.”

No charges will be filed against any of the officers involved in the shooting, police said.