In the moments following the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., first responders can be heard on dispatch audio saying a man has been hit and has gunshot wounds to the back.
Andrew Brown Jr.: From push for justice to DAâs announcement of âjustifiedâ shooting in N.C.
DA: Death of Andrew Brown Jr justified By WBTV Web Staff | May 18, 2021 at 4:15 PM EDT - Updated May 18 at 7:48 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/CBS/WITN/AP) - Andrew Brown Jr. was the victim of an officer-involved shooting in North Carolina.
On April 21, Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by a Pasquotank County deputies while law enforcement officers were serving drug-related search and arrest warrants on his Perry Street home in Elizabeth City.
The deadly shooting sparked protests across the state, and the nation, over police brutality.
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Law enforcement officials look down from the rooftop as people gather near a press conference regarding the death of Andrew Brown Jr., in Elizabeth City, N.C.
Friends and family of Andrew Brown Jr., say they will remember him as a devoted and loving father, who wanted to give his children things he didn t always have. Andrew was a sweetheart, said Monique Gaddy, 52. He dropped out of school, but he was very adamant about his children getting an education.
Gaddy, like many in Elizabeth City, a small community in coastal North Carolina, knew Brown since he was a small child.
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Law enforcement officials look down from the rooftop as people gather near a press conference regarding the death of Andrew Brown Jr., in Elizabeth City, N.C. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Friends and family of Andrew Brown Jr., say they will remember him as a devoted and loving father, who wanted to give his children things he didn t always have. Andrew was a sweetheart, said Monique Gaddy, 52. He dropped out of school, but he was very adamant about his children getting an education.
Gaddy, like many in Elizabeth City, a small community in coastal North Carolina, knew Brown since he was a small child.