Ole Miss defensive end Fadol Brown tweeted out Tuesday night that Walter Scott, the 50-year-old man who was shot to death by a police officer in South Carolina over the weekend, was his stepfather.
Brown, a junior who transferred to Ole Miss from Florida International in 2013, later deleted the tweet. Scott was fatally shot in the back on Saturday morning by North Charleston Police officer Michael Slager. Scott, who was unarmed, was running away from Slager after a traffic stop when Slager fired eight rounds at him.
Slager has been charged with murder.