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Final Call News Demonstrators, led by clergy, march Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from Mt. Lebanon AME Zion Church in Elizabeth City, N.C., to the site where Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by Pasquotank County Sheriff deputies. A Pasquotank County judge denied the petition by the media to release the body camera footage in the shooting of Brown Jr. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP) Tragedy hit Elizabeth City, N.C., with the death of a 42-year-old Black man, Andrew Brown, Jr. He was fatally shot outside of his home by Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies when they attempted to se...

USA TODAY ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Family and friends of Andrew Brown Jr. will gather at a funeral service Monday to honor the life of the man fatally shot by North Carolina sheriff's deputies last month in a case that has drawn national attention amid calls for accountability and transparency. The Rev. Al Sharpton is set to deliver the eulogy at the invite-only funeral at noon Monday. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is part of a team of lawyers representing Brown's family, and the Rev. William Barber II, leader of the Poor People’s Campaign, will also give remarks.

A pathologist hired by the family of Andrew Brown Jr. examined his body and noted four wounds to the right arm and one to the head, an attorney said.

The autopsy results come a day after Brown's relatives were shown a 20-second clip of footage from one deputy's body camera. Another family lawyer, Chantel Cherry-Lassiter, who viewed the video, said Monday that officers opened fire on Brown while he had his hands on the steering wheel of a car. She said the video showed Brown trying to drive away but posing no threat to officers. Brown's son Khalil Ferebee questioned why deputies opened fire. "Yesterday I said he was executed. This autopsy report shows me that was correct," he said Tuesday at a news conference. "It's obvious he was trying to...

Andrew Brown Jr. was shot 5 times by North Carolina deputies, autopsy shows An independent autopsy conducted by Brown's family found four wounds to the right arm and one to the head Loading the player... Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, was shot five times, including in the back of the head, according to an independent autopsy report released Tuesday by his family’s attorneys. Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., Wayne Kendall, left, and Ben Crump hold a news conference Tuesday, April 27, 2021 outside the Pasquotank County Public safety building i...