N.C. lawman on leave after shooting
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A North Carolina deputy shot and killed a Black man while executing a search warrant Wednesday, authorities said, spurring an outcry from a crowd of dozens who 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. about 8:30 a.m. while serving the warrant in Elizabeth City.
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 Black.
The deputy was wearing an active body camera at the time of the shooting, said Wooten, who declined to say how many shots the deputy fired or release any other details, citing a pending review by the State Bureau of Investigation. WAVY-TV reported that neighbors heard multiple shots and a car removed from the scene appeared to have multiple bullet holes and a broken rear windshield.
The State Bureau of Investigation will turn its findings over to District Attorney Andrew Womble.