Growing calls in North Carolina for police to release body camera footage in Andrew Brown shooting
By: WTKR Staff
and last updated 2021-04-22 15:57:25-04
PASQUOTANK Co., N.C. (WTKR) - A local chapter of the NAACP, elected officials and a family attorney met with the district attorney in Elizabeth City, North Carolina Thursday, calling for the release of police body-worn camera footage showing the shooting of Andrew Brown.
Peaceful demonstrations are planned for the city, which is about 20 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia, until the video is released.
Keith Rivers with the NAACP called for more transparency from the Pasquotank County Sheriff s Department. He said this transparency will build trust with the community and that without it trust is lost.
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Sheriff: Man fatally shot while search warrant executed
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 21, 2021 at 1:28 pm EDT
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. At least one law enforcement officer with a sheriff’s department shot and killed a man while executing a search warrant Wednesday, the sheriff’s office said.
The shooting happened Wednesday morning in Elizabeth City in the eastern part of the state, the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
The races of the officers involved and man shot weren’t immediately clear. Neighbors reportedly heard multiple shots fired.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting.