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Seven deputies put on leave after fatal shooting of Black man in North Carolina Louise Hall © Provided by The Independent Seven North Carolina sheriff’s deputies have been placed on paid administrative leave after the fatal shooting of a Black man while they were carrying out an arrest warrant. Andrew Brown Jr, 42, was shot dead while deputies carried out a warrant surrounding “felony drug charges” on Wednesday in Elizabeth City, officials with the Pasquotank County sheriff’s office said. An eyewitness said Brown had tried to drive away from the scene but was shot dead in his car. Sheriff Tommy S Wooten confirmed in a statement on Thursday that the deputies fired the shots.

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