“We did not see any actions on Mr. Brown’s part where he made contact with them or tried to go in their direction, Lynch told reporters. In fact, he did just the opposite. While there was a group of law enforcement that were in front of him, he went the opposite direction.”
Lynch, who described the shooting as “unconstitutional” and “unjustified,” said body camera footage of the shooting s aftermath shows that deputies found no weapons on Brown.
“My father did not deserve to die at all, his son Jha rod Ferebee told reporters after watching the footage. He did not deserve to get killed in any way, shape or form. He did not pose any threat at all.”
NPR Attorney Wayne Kendall says an independent autopsy report commissioned by lawyers for the family showed Andrew Brown Jr. had four bullet wounds to his right arm, and a fatal shot to the back of the head.
The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation is looking into why Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies fatally shot Andrew Brown Jr. on April 21. Sheriff Tommy Wooten II asked the SBI to investigate.
“It is customary that the State Bureau of Investigation investigate incidents of officer-involved shootings in North Carolina at the request of local law enforcement agencies and prosecutors,” SBI Director Robert L. Schurmeier wrote in a public statement.
Updated: 4:29 PM EDT May 8, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff RELATED VIDEO: Pasquotank County sheriff announces Andrew Brown s family to see body camera video TuesdayAttorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed by deputies in a shooting in Elizabeth City, asked for a district attorney to recuse himself from the case.The attorneys cited well-defined conflicts between the prosecutor and the sheriff s office and said District Attorney Andrew Womble s recusal was in the interest of fairness, transparency and the pursuit of justice in a letter sent to his office. Womble, the district attorney for Pasquotank and nearby counties, said Brown s moving vehicle made contact with law enforcement officers twice before the deputies opened fire. The family attorneys dispute that account. There is no doubt all seven officers involved, including the three shooters, have worked directly with you and your office for years in prosecuting various cases, the family
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Andrew Brown’s family will see more bodycam footage of the N.C. man’s fatal shooting by police Brian Niemietz
The family of Andrew Brown Jr. will be granted access to additional bodycam footage from officers at the scene of the North Carolina man’s April 21 shooting, where police in Elizabeth City were serving a warrant. However, Brown’s family will view the footage later than expected and there won’t be a lot of it.
Judge Jeffery Foster ruled on April 27 that footage of Brown’s shooting should be released to his family within 10 days. But since the written order wasn’t given until Thursday, the clock started at that time and the viewing is expected to take place Tuesday. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said he and Brown’s family agreed on the timing.