UpdatedTue, May 18, 2021 at 5:00 pm ET
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Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble announced he will not charge deputies in the April 21 fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. during a news conference Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (Travis Long | The News & Observer via AP)
ELIZABETH CITY, NC — No officers will be criminally charged in the police shooting of Andrew Brown, Jr., that "while tragic, was justified," Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble said Tuesday.
Womble's assessment of the April 21 shooting death of Brown, 42, comes less than a month after the unarmed Elizabeth City man was killed by a gunshot to the back of his head from Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office deputies as they attempted to serve an arrest and search warrant on drug charges.