More news continues to develop on the police shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. An as-yet-to-be identified relative of the 42-year-old Black man offered a different account of what happened in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
After a judge ruled that the bodycam and dashboard cam footage would not be released to the public and the Brown family only seeing 20 seconds of the incident at the time the new account underscores the differences that have already emerged between the family and the Pasquotank District Attorney.
The relative told CNN that Brown started backing up his car when deputies were trying to execute a warrant on April 21, and “they started shooting the front windshield of his car.” “He took off to go across the yard and they started shooting the back window of his car.” The relative also shared a photo to show the Pasquotank Sheriff Department’s truck in Brown’s driveway. It appears to show at least one bullet hole in the front windshield.
Andrew Brown Jr.’s relative disputes official account of the fatal police shooting
A relative of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot by deputy sheriffs last week, has offered a different account of what happened in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, when police fired on the 42-year-old Black man.
The new account underscores the differences that have already emerged between Brown’s family and the Pasquotank District Attorney.
Brown was fatally shot when Pasquotank County deputies were trying to execute a warrant on April 21, officials said.
The relative, who does not want to be identified, told CNN that Brown started backing up his car “and they started shooting the front windshield of his car.”
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