Ex-officer's lawyer challenges probe of black motorist death

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A fired white police officer's defense lawyer hammered away Wednesday at the state investigation in the fatal shooting of a black motorist, noting citizens using a toy metal detector found evidence missed at the crime scene.

Crime scene investigator Jamie Johnson testified that about two weeks after the shooting in April 2015, she returned to the scene because experts hired by defense attorney Andy Savage alerted investigators two more bullets had been recovered.

Another prosecution witness, Medical University of South Carolina forensic pathologist Dr. Lee Marie Tormos, showed the jurors pictures of the Scott's autopsy and testified his wounds were consistent with the cellphone video.

Forensic toxicologist Demetra Garvin interpreted lab results of toxicology tests and testified that Scott had cocaine in his system which could have been ingested anywhere from several days to several hours before the shooting.