Andrew Brown Jr. didn't drive into deputies who shot him, attorneys say
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Andrew Brown Jr. family watch more body cam footage of deputy-involved shooting
Attorneys for Andrew Brown Jr.'s family held a news conference Tuesday in Elizabeth City, N.C. after relatives watched body cam footage of the deadly deputy-involved shooting last month.
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - Lawyers for relatives of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man fatally shot by deputies, said Tuesday that body camera videos show that he didn’t strike them with his car before they opened fire, contradicting a local prosecutor.
Chance Lynch, a lawyer who viewed the footage in private with Brown's family, said Brown was sitting in his stationary car with his hands on the wheel when the first of numerous shots was fired. Family members had previously seen about 20 seconds of the video but were shown approximately 18 minutes on Tuesday under a judge’s order.