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Isaiah Brown told a 911 dispatcher on April 21 that he did not have a gun or any other weapon more than 90 seconds before the deputy arrived and shot him. (The Cochran Firm)
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA A Virginia deputy who apparently mistook a cordless house phone that a Spotsylvania County man was holding for a gun shot the man seven times last Wednesday, according to police reports.
Isaiah Brown, a 32-year-old Black man, was walking down the street away from his house in Spotsylvania County and was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher when the sheriff s deputy arrived following reports of a domestic incident, according to a police statement, as well as body camera footage and 911 audio.
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