Violence broke out in Charlotte, North Carolina for a second night on Wednesday as police braced for a repeat of confrontations ignited by the fatal police shooting of a black man.

Riot police fired tear gas as several hundred people taunted them in front of a hotel in the city center, according to AFP journalists at the scene.

A man fell to the ground during the confrontations, leaving blood on the sidewalk.

Witnesses said police brought him into the hotel.