Dispatch audio from emergency responders says Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back
In the moments following the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., first responders can be heard on dispatch audio saying a man has been hit and has gunshot wounds to the back.
Audio of the call, posted to the archives of the website Broadcastify, includes a dispatcher saying crews are responding to a call of “shots fired” and an individual can then be heard saying “we do have a subject who was hit.”
Later a first responder says, “Be advised EMS has one male, 42 years of age, gunshot to the back.”
Wallio s email also said that another three deputies have recently resigned, but he later clarified that the resignations were unrelated to the shooting. He said the department has about 55 total sworn deputies.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper joined calls for the swift release of the body camera footage, saying that initial reports of what happened “are tragic and extremely concerning.” The body camera footage should be made public as quickly as possible, he said in a tweet Friday night.
Earlier in the day, the City Council in Elizabeth City unanimously voted to send a letter to the sheriff, local prosecutor and State Bureau of Investigation demanding release of body camera footage. The measure also directed city staff to petition a local court to release the footage if the sheriff denies the council s request. Wooten has confirmed that at least one deputy was wearing an active body camera but hasn t given a timetable for releasing it.
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Calls mount for video release in fatal shooting by deputies In this image taken from video, Quentin Jackson, regional director for the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, addresses protesters blocking Business U.S. 17 in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Thursday, April 22, 2021. The crowd was demanding that authorities release body camera footage showing the fatal officer-involved shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. the day before. Associated Press Daylight shines through a bullet hole in an antique clock on the living room wall of Michael Gordon s home in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Officers trying to serve a warrant on Andrew Brown Jr. fired at him as he was fleeing, striking Gordon s home.
Seven North Carolina deputies on leave after fatal shooting of Black man
By ALLEN G. BREED and JONATHAN DREW The Associated Press,Updated April 23, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of her nephew, Andrew Brown Jr., on her cell phone at her home in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Thursday, April 22, 2021.Allen G. Breed/Associated Press
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) â Seven North Carolina deputies have been placed on leave in the aftermath of a Black man being shot and killed by members of their department serving drug-related search and arrest warrants, authorities said Friday.