Protesters and at least one City Council member have demanded that body-camera footage be released immediately – but Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy S. Wooten II has so far stressed that no timeline has been determined for the video’s release and authorities will wait on the findings of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation.
NORTH CAROLINA MAN FATALLY SHOT BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANT, OFFICIALS SAY
Andrew Brown Jr. was “fatally wounded” as Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant in the 400 block of Perry Street in Elizabeth City around 8:30 a.m., Wooten said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. The North Carolina Bureau of Investigation, an outside agency, was “immediately contacted” and is conducting the investigation into the matter, the sheriff added.
The sheriff confirmed that it was a Pasquotank County deputy involved in the shooting and that the individual has been placed on administrative leave. He also confirmed there is body-camera footage of the fatal shooting. There we no other injuries, he said.
Despite being pressed by reporters, Wooten declined to confirm the number of shots fired or whether the warrant being served was for drug-related offenses. He said deputies from both Pasquotank and Dare counties were serving the warrant at the time of the shooting. He did not disclose Brown’s age. Authorities have not commented on the race of the deputy involved.
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