More news continues to develop on the police shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. An as-yet-to-be identified relative of the 42-year-old Black man offered a different account of what happened in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
After a judge ruled that the bodycam and dashboard cam footage would not be released to the public and the Brown family only seeing 20 seconds of the incident at the time the new account underscores the differences that have already emerged between the family and the Pasquotank District Attorney.
The relative told CNN that Brown started backing up his car when deputies were trying to execute a warrant on April 21, and “they started shooting the front windshield of his car.” “He took off to go across the yard and they started shooting the back window of his car.” The relative also shared a photo to show the Pasquotank Sheriff Department’s truck in Brown’s driveway. It appears to show at least one bullet hole in the front windshield.
Andrew Brown Jr.’s relative disputes official account of the fatal police shooting
A relative of Andrew Brown Jr., who was fatally shot by deputy sheriffs last week, has offered a different account of what happened in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, when police fired on the 42-year-old Black man.
The new account underscores the differences that have already emerged between Brown’s family and the Pasquotank District Attorney.
Brown was fatally shot when Pasquotank County deputies were trying to execute a warrant on April 21, officials said.
The relative, who does not want to be identified, told CNN that Brown started backing up his car “and they started shooting the front windshield of his car.”
North Carolina sheriff identifies deputies involved in fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
The Pasquotank County sheriff on Thursday identified three deputies he said fired shots at Andrew Brown Jr. and four other deputies involved in the incident in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, who have returned to duty from administrative leave.
Sheriff Tommy Wooten said in a news release that he looked at body camera footage and other evidence.
“It’s obvious that four of the deputies never fired their weapons and deserve to be reinstated to active duty. More investigation is necessary into the three deputies who did fire their weapons and they will remain on administrative leave,” he said.
Sheriff Says Deputies Who Didn t Fire at Black Man Back on Duty Brown was shot April 21 by deputies serving drug-related search and arrest warrants at his house in the town of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, about 160 miles northeast of Raleigh
Published April 29, 2021 •
Updated on April 29, 2021 at 10:22 pm
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A North Carolina sheriff said Thursday that he has put four deputies involved in the case of a Black man who was fatally shot last week back on active duty after a review of body camera video showed they did not fire their weapons.
Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten announced in a news release that he has reinstated four of the seven deputies who were placed on administrative leave after the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. The other three deputies will remain on leave until investigations are completed, Wooten said.