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Black man killed by deputies in Elizabeth City was shot in back of head, attorney says JONATHAN DREW and DENISE LAVOIE, WSOCTV.com News Staff
A Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina was shot in the back of the head and had his hands on his car steering wheel when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Monday after relatives viewed body camera footage.
The account was the first description of the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed by deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrants. His death last Wednesday led to nightly protests and demands for justice in the town of Elizabeth City.
In North Carolina, It Takes A Court Order To Release Police Body Camera Footage
Details Published: 27 April 2021
Six days after sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr., the body camera footage has not been made public.
That’s because state law requires a court order before the video can be released.
After several days of pressure, Pasquotank County Attorney Michael Cox filed a motion on Monday to get that order. But the slow pace of this process has already provoked widespread frustration in the community.
“If Andrew Brown would have done something illegal or incriminating, I guarantee you that video would be all over CNN and every other news station,” the family’s attorney, Ben Crump, said Monday night on CNN.
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By: CBS News
A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while serving a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from community members who demanded the immediate release of body camera footage.
Authorities in Elizabeth City didn t provide details of the shooting. But an eyewitness said that Andrew Brown Jr. was shot while trying to drive away, and that deputies fired at him multiple times. The car skidded out of Brown s yard and eventually hit a tree, said Demetria Williams, who lives on the same street.
Williams said after hearing one gunshot, she ran outside, where she saw other shots being fired at the car.