--- title: Celebrities Speak Out After Walter Scott Shooting description: "It HAS TO END." canonical: https://time.com/3813831/hollywood-south-carolina-shooting-walter-scott/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-08T16:40:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:30.690Z og:title: Celebrities Speak Out After Walter Scott Shooting og:description: "It HAS TO END." og:url: https://time.com/3813831/hollywood-south-carolina-shooting-walter-scott/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67d6de59c77730fe/6987ea155f570f266db1908f/ap99057979907-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: In this April 4, 2015, frame from video provided by Attorney L. Chris Stewart, Walter Scott runs away from city patrolman Michael T. 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Slager (R) in North Charleston, S.C. AP by [Tara Fowler / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tara Fowler / People Contributor Apr 8, 2015 4:40 PM UTC Celebrities are speaking out after a [South Carolina police officer was charged with murder](http://time.com/3774788/south-carolina-police-shooting-video/) in the shooting of 50-year-old Walter L. Scott on Tuesday. The death was captured in a gruesome video, which shows the officer, who has been identified as Michael T. Slager, 33, firing at Scott, a black man, eight times as he fled after a traffic stop. Slager claimed that he feared for his life after he got into a scuffle with Scott for his Taser. In the video, an item can be seen falling to the ground, though Scott immediately runs from the officer afterward. Former _Grey’s Anatomy_ star [Isaiah Washington](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:IsaiahWashington,00.html) praised the actions of the person who recorded the incident on their cell phone. “Okay, watching the #WalterScott video was horrible, but I think the brave person who captured the murder is a Hero and a Godsend #Truthdom,” he [wrote on Twitter](https://twitter.com/IWashington/status/585602424985014275). “I have 2 sons to raise in this country and this #WalterScott atrocity weakens my hope that they can survive in this Nation. Now what?” he [added](https://twitter.com/IWashington/status/585587552758947842). > [](https://twitter.com/IWashington/status/585602424985014275) > [](https://twitter.com/IWashington/status/585587552758947842) _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ director [Joss Whedon](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JossWhedon,00.html) also [Tweeted](https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/585599137967669249) about his outrage over the shooting, writing: “At this point, the Slager murder seems like a message, a mafia thing, like it’s meant to shut people down or set them off. It HAS TO END.” > [](https://twitter.com/josswhedon/status/585599137967669249) [Added](https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/585629753836699649) _Sleepy Hollow_ star Orlando Jones: “As a former resident of SC (where my parents still reside) I will do everything in my power to make sure #WalterScott’s family gets justice.” > [](https://twitter.com/TheOrlandoJones/status/585629753836699649) Scott had been stopped for a broken taillight, according to the _Times_. Slager was denied bond and is being held at the Charleston County Detention Center. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/hollywood-reacts-south-carolina-police-officer-murder-charge-black-man) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com)_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3813831/hollywood-south-carolina-shooting-walter-scott/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3813831/hollywood-south-carolina-shooting-walter-scott/"},"headline":"Celebrities Speak Out After Walter Scott Shooting","datePublished":"2015-04-08T16:40:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:30.690Z","description":"\"It HAS TO END.\"","url":"https://time.com/3813831/hollywood-south-carolina-shooting-walter-scott/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67d6de59c77730fe/6987ea155f570f266db1908f/ap99057979907-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara Fowler / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67d6de59c77730fe/6987ea155f570f266db1908f/ap99057979907-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this April 4, 2015, frame from video provided by Attorney L. 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