Caroline Sue Botticher, 48
Charlotte, North Carolina
April 09, 1997
Agencies: Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department North Carolina | District Attorney’s Office Mecklenburg County North Carolina's 26th Prosecutorial District, | Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: about 3 years ago
Overview 
It was the second time in six months that an unarmed black was killed by white officers in Charlotte.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say the officers fired 22 shots in self-defense, killing the woman, Carolyn Sue Boetticher.
Ms. Boetticher, 48, died on Wednesday after two officers, Donn Belz and Shannon Jordan, fired at the car she was in when it accelerated and swerved toward Officer Jordan, the police said. Neither Ms. Boetticher nor the driver, Robert Lundy Sr., 55, was armed.
Mr. Lundy was arrested and hospitalized for a cocaine overdose after running from the car.
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- http://www.inciteaction.com/black_women_killed_by_police added September 03, 2016 10:34
- http://www.womanistmusings.com/black-women-get-beat-by-police-too/ added September 03, 2016 09:56
- http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/12/us/fbi-is-investigating-black-woman-s-death.html added September 03, 2016 09:53