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District Attorney Andrew Womble said Tuesday that the deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr. on April 21 were justified in their actions and would not face criminal charges.
“Mr. Brown’s death, while tragic, was justified, because Mr. Brown’s actions caused three deputies with the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office to reasonably believe it was necessary to use deadly force to protect themselves and others,” Womble said before explaining and showing the body camera video to the public for the first time.
Brown’s family, who had already seen the video in question, previously said the video showed Brown afraid for his life backing away and then driving off in an attempt to escape being killed.
Womble said the deputies were serving arrest warrants on Brown following an investigation that linked him with drug-related crimes. They learned of Brown’s location and deployed there to arrest him.
