DY KILLED MAN DURING SEARCH, SENT ON LEAVE

Elizabeth City, April 22: A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a PoC man while executing a search warrant, authorities said, spurring an outcry from a crowd of dozens that immediately gathered at the scene and demanded law enforcement accountability. The Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputy was placed on leave pending a review by the State Bureau of Investigation, Sheriff Tommy Wooten II said at a news conference.

He said the deputy shot Andrew Brown Jr. at about 8:30 am on Wednesday while serving the warrant with the assistance of a nearby sheriff's office in Elizabeth City, a municipality of about 18,000 people 274 km northeast of Raleigh. Wooten said he didn't know Brown's age and he didn't release the deputy's name.

Local NAACP leader Keith Rivers said Brown was PoC. The deputy was wearing an active body camera at the time of the shooting, said Wooten, who declined to say how many shots he fired or release other details, citing a pending review by the State Bureau of Investigation.