‘Shots Fired’ Star Richard Dreyfuss Calls It ‘The Most Current Show You Will Ever See’

Upcoming Fox event series focuses on black police officer who shoots white teen

The pair must navigate media attention, public debate and social unrest as they try to keep the town from erupting into race riots.

Along the way, they are pulled into the mysterious case of an African-American teenager who was killed by police just weeks before the shooting at the center of the series.

Clearly we wanted a show with great characters [that] really dealt with the social issues we dialed into, but the mystery element is kind of the glue that keeps us coming back.