Andrew Brown Jr. case: Deputies will keep jobs after prosecutor says fatal shooting justified
By Kelly Hayes and Megan Ziegler
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Andrew Brown Jr s death justified, according to North Carolina District Attorney; Officers will not face charges
North Carolina District Attorney Andrew Womble said at a press conference on Tuesday that the deputy-involved shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. while tragic, was justified.
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. - The three deputies involved in the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. last month in Elizabeth City will keep their jobs after being disciplined and retrained, Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said Tuesday just hours after a district attorney said the deputies were justified in their actions.
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Elizabeth City council member Gabriel Adkins has said that police urinated on his property twice after he spoke out concerning the police killing of Black man Andrew Brown Jr.
Mr Brown, 42, was shot dead by police as they executed an arrest warrant on drug charges in the coastal North Carolina town on 21 April.
A district attorney in North Carolina said the shooting was justified. District Attorney Andrew Womble made the judgement on Tuesday after reviewing the results of a probe carried out by the state’s Bureau of Investigation.
Prosecutors said the shooting was justified because Mr Brown hit officers with his vehicle before he was shot. But Mr Brown’s family and legal team said a “snippet” of body camera footage depicted an “execution”.
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