Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back of his head, his family s attorneys said Tuesday, citing an independent autopsy. Here, Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of Brown, her nephew, on her cellphone at her home in Elizabeth City, N.C. Allen G. Breed / AP
Originally published on April 27, 2021 11:59 am
Andrew Brown Jr. died from a fatal gunshot to the back of head, his family and family attorneys said Tuesday, citing the results of an independent autopsy. The finding bolsters their claim that Brown was executed, the relatives said. It was a kill shot to the back of the head that cost Brown his life, family attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday as his office released the results.
FBI opens federal civil rights investigation into police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. after autopsy shows he was shot in the back of the head and his family call his death a modern-day lynching
Brown was shot in his car in Elizabeth City on April 21; his family had access to bodycam footage Monday
The bureau s Charlotte field office announced they had opened the civil rights investigation Tuesday
Agents will work closely with the Department of Justice to determine whether federal laws were violated
Following the news, lawyers for the Brown family said they have great faith in the investigation
They also called new footage of cops surrounding Brown Jr. s car an inflamed modern-day lynch mob
Part of the independent autopsy of Andrew Brown Jr. was released
April 27, 2021
An independent autopsy contracted by the attorneys representing the family of North Carolina man Andrew Brown Jr. revealed that he was shot five times. He was shot four times in the right arm, and a fifth in the back of his skull.
Mr. Brown is the man who was fleeing the sheriffs when he was shot.
Ben Crump, the high-profile civil rights attorney who secured the $27 million settlement in Minneapolis for the family of George Floyd, said at a press conference on Tuesday that Brown suffered a “kill shot to back of the head.”
The FBI has launched a civil rights probe into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, as his family released an independent autopsy showing he was shot five times, including in the back of the head.
Lawyers say Black man killed by North Carolina police hit with kill shot to back of head
Brown s death led to six nights of protests in Elizabeth City and came one day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd in a trial that put a spotlight on police violence against Black people.
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Wayne Kendall, an attorney working for the family of Andrew Brown Jr. who was killed by sheriffs last week, points to a diagram of the fatal gunshot in the back of Brown s head from the findings of an independent autopsy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, U.S. April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake