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May 18, 2021
Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble shows still images from police body camera footage after announcing he will not charge deputies in the April 21 fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. during a news conference Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at the Pasquotank County Public Safety building in Elizabeth City, N.C. Womble said he would not release bodycam video of the confrontation between Brown, a Black man, and the law enforcement officers. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because he struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands to show his hands and get out of the vehicle.
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Cops in Andrew Brown Jr. shooting won t face charges, prosecutors say shooting justified
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ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. The sheriff s deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, were justified in their actions and will not be criminally charged, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
The State Bureau of Investigation found Brown drove recklessly and endangered the officers and used his vehicle as a deadly weapon while attempting to resist arrest last month, Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble said at a news conference. He said the actions of the officers were consistent with their training.
A North Carolina prosecutor says sheriff s deputies were justified in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April because Andrew Brown Jr. ignored their commands and drove his car directly at one of them before they fired any shots.
ELIZABETH CITY â A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because he ignored their commands and endangered at least two of them when he drove his car toward them.
District Attorney Andrew Womble said at a news conference that Brown used his car as a deadly weapon, causing Pasquotank County deputies to believe it was necessary to use deadly force. Womble, who acknowledged Brown wasn t armed with guns or other weapons, said the deputies will face no criminal charges.
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In a press conference Tuesday morning, District Attorney Andrew Womble announced he has reviewed the probe by the State Bureau of Investigation and determined that the killing of Andrew Brown Jr. by Pasquotank County Deputies was justified. His office will not pursue criminal charges against the officers involved, he said.
Deputies shot and killed Brown the morning of April 21 as they were carrying out drug-related search and arrest warrants.
Womble played footage from four body cameras to reporters present, and multiple news outlets live-streamed the footage. In describing the videos, Womble said Brown used his car “as a deadly weapon” in his interaction with law enforcement officers both in backing up and in driving away from his residence and toward the street.