Sheriff: Officer shoots, kills man while executing warrant
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – At least one law enforcement officer with a sheriff’s department in North Carolina 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. WAVY-TV reported that neighbours heard multiple shots fired.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting.
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. The Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office said Wednesday that one of its law enforcement officers had shot and killed a man while trying to conduct a search warrant.
A release from the sheriff s office said the shooting happened in the 400 block of Perry Street in Elizabeth City around 8:30 a.m. During the execution of the search warrant, a citizen who was the subject of the search warrant was shot and fatally wounded, the release said.
A North Carolina sheriff s deputy was serving a search warrant on Wednesday morning when he shot and killed a black man who family members say was driving away from the scene.
Gunfire erupted at 8.30am in the 400 block of Perry Street in Elizabeth City. According to neighbors, they heard six to eight shots.
The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the officer-involved shooting but has released few details pending a news conference, including whether or not the victim was armed at the time of the incident.
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A man identified by relatives as Andrew Brown (left and right) was shot and killed by a sheriff s deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, early Wednesday
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A North Carolina man was fatally shot by a sheriff s deputy in Elizabeth City on Wednesday morning while law enforcement officers were executing a search warrant at the person’s home, officials said.
Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed at approximately 8:30 a.m. local time while deputies from the Pasquotank County Sheriff s Office were conducting the search warrant at a home located on Perry Street near Roanoke Avenue, Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said during a Wednesday afternoon news conference
Wooten II didn’t know Brown’s age and didn’t release the name of the deputy.