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DA to reveal the findings from investigation into police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
District Attorney Andrew Womble will reveal Tuesday the findings of a North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) investigation into the deputy shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
Brown was fatally shot by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies in Elizabeth City on April 21 when they attempted to serve him with an arrest warrant, according to the sheriff’s office.
A source with knowledge told CNN that the Brown family has not received any advanced information on the findings.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Pasquotank Sheriff Tommy Wooten put seven deputies on administrative leave. He has since reinstated four deputies he said did not fire their weapons. The three who did fire remain on leave.
UpdatedTue, May 18, 2021 at 5:00 pm ET
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Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble announced he will not charge deputies in the April 21 fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. during a news conference Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Travis Long | The News & Observer via AP)
ELIZABETH CITY, NC No officers will be criminally charged in the police shooting of Andrew Brown, Jr., that while tragic, was justified, Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble said Tuesday.
Womble s assessment of the April 21 shooting death of Brown, 42, comes less than a month after the unarmed Elizabeth City man was killed by a gunshot to the back of his head from Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office deputies as they attempted to serve an arrest and search warrant on drug charges.