Protesters seethed in Charlotte on Tuesday following the fatal shooting of a black man named Keith Lamont Scott.

Residents say Scott, 43, was reading a book in his car while waiting for a school bus to drop off his son just before Charlotte-Mecklenburg officer Brentley Vinson shot him to death.

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Police say the man stepped out of his car carrying a gun, though they have not yet provided evidence to support that claim.

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A crowd soon gathered at the site of the shooting and protesters later demonstrated on a nearby highway.

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at residents, while protesters smashed the windows of police vehicles and news trucks.

Police said 16 officers were injured during the night, though they didn't provide information on how many demonstrators had been hurt.

We've compiled photos from the night of unrest, below.

Protestors march down W.T. Harris Blvd. after an officer-involved fatal shooting on September 21 in Charlotte, NC. Authorities used tear gas to disperse protesters in an overnight demonstration that broke out Tuesday after Keith Lamont Scott was fatally shot by an officer at an apartment complex.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesA protester raises his arms in front of officers.Credit: Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observe/APProtestors dump cargo from tractor trailers on a fire on I-85  during the Charlotte protests.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesPolice officers face off with protestors.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesOfficers stand in formation in front of protesters.Credit: Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observe/APPolice officers wearing riot gear hold their line.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesA protestor kicks a tear gas canister fired by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers along Old Concord Rd.Credit: Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer/APProtestors surround a CMPD vehicle on Old Concord Rd. on Tuesday night.Credit: Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/Getty ImagesA police officer in riot gear walks past a fire on the I-85 during the protests.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesPolice officers stand their line against  protestors on the I-85.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesProtestors block traffic on the I-85. The protest began on Old Concord Road at Bonnie Lane, where a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer fatally shot a man in the parking lot of The Village at College Downs apartment complex Tuesday afternoon.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesProtestors run from a gas canister after blocking traffic  during protests.Credit: Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesProtesters demonstrate in front of police.Credit: Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer /APPolice work at the scene of protests.Credit: Jeff Siner/The Charlotte Observer/AP