Activists with BLM FXBG & the VA NAACP say it leaves more questions than answers.
Sgt. Coffey wrote in an email that a deputy arrived on the scene and encountered Isaiah L. Brown, 32, as Brown was walking in the roadway away from his residence.
The responding deputy can be heard on the bodycam video that depicts the events leading up to the shooting shouting drop the gun and radioing in to dispatch that Brown had a gun to his (own) head.
In the 911 audio, a man can be heard in the background asking if Brown had called the police again. During the call, Brown tells the operator that he needed to grab his keys so he can get into his car, which was located in the backyard.
Black man shot by Virginia deputy who had given him ride home By Syndicated Content
Apr 25, 2021 1:18 PM
(Reuters) â An unarmed Black man shot by a Virginia sheriffâs deputy while making a 911 call had been given a ride home less than an hour earlier by the same deputy after his car broke down, authorities said on Sunday.
Isaiah Brown, 32, was recovering from injuries after the same deputy from the Spotsylvania County Sheriffâs Office administered life-saving aid at the scene, Virginia State Police said. The officer mistook a telephone held by Brown for a gun, according to an attorney for Brownâs family.
Virginia deputy who shot man appears to mistake phone for gun
Body camera footage and 911 audio released late Friday appeared to show that a Virginia deputy mistook a cordless house phone held by a Black man for a gun before the deputy shot him repeatedly.
By: The Associated Press
and last updated 2021-04-24 18:32:33-04
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. Body camera footage and 911 audio released late Friday appeared to show that a Virginia deputy mistook a cordless house phone held by a Black man for a gun before the deputy shot him repeatedly.
Family members said Isaiah Brown, 32, was in intensive care with 10 bullet wounds following the shooting outside a home in Spotsylvania County early Wednesday, WRC-TV reported.
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