On Wednesday, Aug. 9, officers responded to the 700 block of Firetower Road in Elizabeth City. Deputies found a 15-year-old boy unresponsive with a gunshot wound.
Andrew Brown Jr. was shot and killed by sheriff's deputies in his car in April 2021. Since then, his case and Elizabeth City have gotten nationwide attention.
The sheriff's office says the student refused to leave campus and began actively resisting the school resource officers who responded. The student then reportedly approached one of the SROs, lunging toward his duty belt.