Andrew Brown Jr’s shooting ‘justified’, no charges filed: DA

Three deputies involved in the shooting will not face charges from county officials after prosecutorial probe.

Pasquotank County District Attorney Andrew Womble announced on Tuesday he has deemed as “justified” the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr, a Black man killed on April 21 by sheriff’s deputies attempting to serve search and arrest warrants, and no charges will be filed. Brown, 42, was fatally shot during the morning raid at his home in Elizabeth City, a riverfront community where just over half of the roughly 18,000 residents are Black. “Mr Brown’s death was justified,” Womble told reporters at a news briefing in which he also showed images taken from the body-worn cameras of the officers at the scene.