The Pasquotank County Branch of the NAACP has called for outside prosecution to step in and review the case. President Keith Rivers is among those who say they’re angry but not surprised by the DA's decision.
The deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr. in the driveway of his Elizabeth City home will not be prosecuted. At least not by District Attorney Andrew Womble, whose district serves Pasquotank County. That sparked another, more intense, round of protests in the northeastern North Carolina town.
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District Attorney Andrew Womble will hold a news conference Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Elizabeth City to give an update on the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation probe of the shooting death of Andrew Brown, Jr., by a Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office deputy.
Brown was killed outside his home on Perry Street on April 21 while deputies were serving a search warrant from Dare County.
Three of the seven deputies that were at the scene at the time of the incident remain on administrative leave. Pasquotank Sheriff Tommy Wooten said the three still off-duty fired their weapons.
A Pitt County judge has delayed public release of video of the shooting, while only a few members of Brown’s family and one of their attorneys have seen limited amounts of the footage.
Andrew Brown Jr.: From push for justice to DAâs announcement of âjustifiedâ shooting in N.C.
DA: Death of Andrew Brown Jr justified By WBTV Web Staff | May 18, 2021 at 4:15 PM EDT - Updated May 18 at 7:48 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/CBS/WITN/AP) - Andrew Brown Jr. was the victim of an officer-involved shooting in North Carolina.
On April 21, Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by a Pasquotank County deputies while law enforcement officers were serving drug-related search and arrest warrants on his Perry Street home in Elizabeth City.
The deadly shooting sparked protests across the state, and the nation, over police brutality.
Three deputies who fired shots at Andrew Brown Jr. will be reinstated and retrained, sheriff says
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District Attorney Andrew Womble announced Tuesday that the deputies who fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. last month were justified in using deadly force, saying Brown “recklessly” drove at the officers on scene while trying to flee arrest.
“Mr. Brown’s death, while tragic, was justified because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies to reasonably believe it was necessary to use deadly force to protect themselves and others,” Womble said.
The three deputies who fired at Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, will be also be reinstated and retrained, Pasquotank Sheriff Tommy Wooten said Tuesday. Wooten announced disciplinary action would be taken against the deputies that responded to the scene.