NPR/Twitter A crowd protests outside of an emergency City Council meeting in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on Thursday after a Pasquotank County sheriff s deputy shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr.
A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while serving a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from community members who demanded law enforcement accountability and the immediate release of body camera footage.
Authorities wouldn t provide details of the shooting but an eyewitness said that Andrew Brown Jr. was shot while trying to drive away, and that deputies fired at him multiple times. The car skidded out of Brown s yard and eventually hit a tree, said Demetria Williams, who lives on the same street.
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ALLEN G. BREED and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press
April 22, 2021
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1of29Glenda 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. Brown was shot and killed Wednesday by a sheriff s deputy, who was attempting to execute a warrant.Allen G. Breed/APShow MoreShow Less
2of29Andrew Brown Jr. s aunt Martha McCullen and her granddaughter pose for a photo on the stoop of his rental home, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, in Elizabeth City, N.C. Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said at a news conference that a Pasquotank County Sheriff s deputy shot Andrew Brown Jr. about 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, while serving a warrant with the assistance of a nearby sheriff s office in Elizabeth City.Allen G. Breed/APShow MoreShow Less
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