Fox News sorry for report that police shot black man

With tensions in Baltimore still high, police said last night that a Fox News report of a black man being shot by police in the city was not true, and the cable news network quickly apologised.

“On behalf of [reporter] Mike Tobin and the rest of our crew there, and the rest of us at Fox News, I’m very sorry for the error and glad we were able to correct it quickly,” network anchor Shepard Smith said.

Meanwhile, a police officer shot in New York as he tried to question a local man sought on gun charges has died.