--- description: The former officer's adrenaline was "pumping," as he interjected with a nervous laugh title: New Audio in Walter Scott Shooting Reveals Officer Michael Slager's Conversations With Wife and Colleague image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67d6de59c77730fe/6987ea155f570f266db1908f/ap99057979907-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New Audio Depicts South Carolina Cop Moments After Fatal Shooting by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2015 5:16 PM CUT  In this April 4, 2015, frame from video provided by Attorney L. Chris Stewart, Walter Scott runs away from city patrolman Michael T. Slager (R) in North Charleston, S.C. In this April 4, 2015, frame from video provided by Attorney L. Chris Stewart, Walter Scott runs away from city patrolman Michael T. Slager (R) in North Charleston, S.C.AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2015 5:16 PM CUT Dash-cam video captured two conversations Officer Michael Slager had after he fatally shot Walter Scott — one in which he appeared to tell his wife “everything’s OK” and one with a fellow cop in which he admitted his adrenaline was “pumping” and laughed nervously. Slager cannot be seen on the video, but he can be heard answering a call — apparently from his pregnant wife — and giving her his version of the April 4 confrontation with Scott following a traffic stop in North Charleston. “Hey, everything’s OK, OK? I just shot somebody. Yeah, everything’s OK,” he said. “He grabbed my… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/walter-scott-shooting/office-michael-slager-adrenaline-pumping-after-killing-walter-scott-n340556?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3819749/new-audio-walter-scott-shooting-slager-conversations/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3819749/new-audio-walter-scott-shooting-slager-conversations/"},"headline":"New Audio Depicts South Carolina Cop Moments After Fatal Shooting","datePublished":"2015-04-13T17:16:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:21:35.720Z","description":"The former officer's adrenaline was \"pumping,\" as he interjected with a nervous laugh","url":"https://time.com/3819749/new-audio-walter-scott-shooting-slager-conversations/","keywords":["Crime","shooting"],"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":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","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. Chris Stewart, Walter Scott runs away from city patrolman Michael T. Slager (R) in North Charleston, S.C.","caption":"In this April 4, 2015, frame from video provided by Attorney L. Chris Stewart, Walter Scott runs away from city patrolman Michael T. Slager (R) in North Charleston, S.C.","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3819749/new-audio-walter-scott-shooting-slager-conversations/","name":"New Audio Depicts South Carolina Cop Moments After Fatal Shooting"}}]}] ```