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(ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.) Family and friends of Andrew Brown Jr. gathered Monday at a North Carolina church for his funeral as protesters continue to take to the streets to demand justice and answers over why sheriff’s deputies opened fire on the 42-year-old Black man outside his home last month.
Brown’s invitation-only funeral service was held at noon at the Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City.
The service began with a choir calling itself the “Andrew Brown Jr. Ensemble” singing gospel tunes, “I Put it All in His Hands” and “You are my All in All.”
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A young boy on a scooter passes a mural outside the home of Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man, who was shot five times by Pasquotank County deputies, on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Elizabeth City North Carolina on Sunday to demand justice for Andrew Brown Jr who was killed by sheriffs deputies. As marchers moved throughout the city in protest, mourners came to pay their respects to Brown at a viewing.
Browse images from around the city on Sunday:
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Protesters gather in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Sunday, May 2, 2021 in honor of Andrew Brown Jr., a 42-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by Pasquotank County deputies on April 21.
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Employees of Horton s Funeral Home escort the casket of Andrew Brown Jr., into the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, NC. Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot five times, including once in the back of the head, when Pasquotank County deputies tried to serve drug-related search and arrest warrants at his home April 21.
Hundred of protesters gathered on a breezy, warm Sunday afternoon in Elizabeth City, N.C., to demand justice and accountability for the death of Andrew Brown Jr., the Black man who was shot and killed by Pasquotank County Sheriff’s deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrants a week and a half ago.
Mourners file past the open casket of Andrew Brown Jr. on eve of his funeral before joining protesters demanding the release of police bodycam footage of his killing
Peaceful protesters gathered to view the body of Andrew Brown Jr. before holding a demonstration calling for the release of bodycam footage of his death
Brown, 42, was shot and killed by police in North Carolina at 8.30am on April 21
Police are yet to release bodycam footage, and a judge has denied a media petition to release the footage publicly for at least 30 days, saying it would impede the investigation
Brown s family have carried out a pathology report which showed he was shot four times in the arm and once in the back of the head. They have called the killing an execution