text: This is the emotional moment Walter Scott's family met with the man who filmed his death - and threw the case wide open. Feidin Santana, 23, visited the family's Charleston, South Carolina home on Thursday to meet with the man's heartbroken parents, son and other relatives - in a moving moment witnessed by NBC. Santana has been hailed a hero for keeping his cellphone camera trained on Officer Michael Slager as he fired eight shots at Scott, 50, in North Charleston on Saturday and later releasing the video. 'Oh, thank you God!' Judy Scott, the mother of Walter Scott said, as she embraced Santana tightly. 'Thank you Lord! Blessed God! Thank you, thank you God. Thank you, thank you!' Scroll down for video . Hero: Feidin Santana, 23, is seen entering the Scott family home in Charleston on Thursday to meet the slain man's family, days after he recorded their son being shot dead by a white police officer . Thankful: Scott's mother, Judy Scott, looks at Santana before they embraced at the emotional meeting . Emotional: Scott's father looks on, right, as his wife thanks the man who captured the video on Saturday . Mr Scott's father, Walter Scott, Sr., also hugged the man and said: 'Thank you for another son, God, thank you. You've got a family in Charleston right now... anytime.' 'You did a good thing, Brother,' Walter Scott's son, Walter Jr., 20, added as he embraced Santana. 'I don't know how this would've turned out without the video, I just want to thank you. I don't know how much I could thank you more.' Santana, a barber who is originally from the Dominican Republic, said he shared the footage because he wanted the family to know precisely how their son had died. 'Just amazing that they know the truth, you know,' he told NBC News as he met with the family. 'And they know that Mr Scott won't, like I say, this didn't just happen and stay that way. 'God put me there for a reason, I'm a very believer of God.' Scott's mother added: 'He was supposed to be there.' Scott was pulled over for a broken tail light on Saturday, but when officers approached his car, he fled - perhaps because he had previously been arrested for failing to pay child support. As he ran, Santana saw him and pulled out his cell phone camera to record the moment Officer Slager shot Scott, who was unarmed, multiple times as he ran away. Santana said he is glad the video could show the true story of what happened to the Scotts' son . Grateful: Mr Scott's son, 20-year-old Walter Jr., said he wasn't sure how he could thank Santana enough . New friends: Mr Scott's father, also called Walter, told Santana he now has family in Charleston . The officer, who is white, slowly approached the man's body, calmly checked for a pulse and failed to perform CPR. Santana got closer and continued recording the man's body on the ground. 'I know what I saw and I expressed myself to [the police],' Santana told Morning Joe on Thursday. 'It was an abuse and I saw with my own eyes. I said I had a video tape.' One of the police officers told him to wait but 'I realized that would not be good in that moment,' he said - and he ran to his workplace. Santana then contacted a friend who came to his barber shop and watched the video. 'When I showed him [the video], he said this was not good,' Santana said. Following the shooting, Officer Slager, 33, filed a police report defending his actions, saying he feared for his life and that Scott had wrestled his Taser gun from him during a scuffle. But four days later, Santana's explosive video emerged, throwing doubt on the officer's story. Killer: Officer Michael Slager (left) was arrested on Tuesday for the killing of U.S. Army veteran Scott . Caught on camera: Officer Michael Slager, right, fired eight shots at Walter Scott as he fled from the officer in North Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday. The cop has been charged with Mr Scott's murder . Santana told the Today show on Thursday that Scott, a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and father-of-four, 'was trying to get away from the Taser... He never grabbed the Taser from the police'. Slager was charged with Scott's murder on Tuesday and could face the death penalty. He was terminated from the North Charleston police department the following day, with Chief Eddie Riggers telling a press conference that he had watched the video and found it 'sickening'. Slager has not entered a plea to the murder charge nor commented publicly on the killing. He has retained an attorney. Walter Scott will be laid to rest on Saturday and his family has said they will be filing a civil lawsuit against the North Charleston Police Department. See below for video .
target: Feidin Santana, 23, went to the Scott family's Charleston, South Carolina home on Thursday to meet with the slain man's mourning relatives .
  He was embraced by the man's parents and son, who told him that he should now consider them family .
  Santana has been hailed a hero for filming the moment Officer Michael Slager fired eight shots at Scott as he ran away on Saturday, killing him .
  After the video emerged, the officer was arrested and charged with murder .