article_snippet.sent: After the shooting the shooting emerged that Walter Scott was some $7,500 behind in child support payments.
article_snippet.sent: Scott was some $7,500 behind in child support payments had been reported that a warrant was out for a warrant arrest for this reason - but that was later shown to be false.
article_snippet.sent: Records show that A man last paid child support in July 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Walter Scott had been in jail three times over child support.
article_snippet.sent: In 2008, after a traffic stop in which Walter Scott was charged with an open-container violation and driving under suspension, Walter Scott was sent to jail in North Charleston for six months for failing to pay about $6,800.
article_snippet.sent: In 2011, bench warrants ordered deputies to bring Walter Scott in, and Walter Scott spent a night in jail when Walter Scott was $7,500 behind.
article_snippet.sent: In 2012, Walter Scott spent another night in jail when Walter Scott owed $3,500.
article_snippet.sent: Family members have said Walter Scott may have run from Saturday's traffic stop because Walter Scott feared going back to jail over more back child support.