Four North Carolina deputies return to duty after Andrew Brown shooting, sheriff says they didn’t fire weapons
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Four of the seven North Carolina sheriff's deputies placed on administrative leave following the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., have been reinstated after body-camera footage revealed they did not fire their weapons, officials said Thursday.
"After reviewing the preliminary conclusions of the independent investigators conducting the internal review, and after carefully examining the body camera footage of the incident with my own staff, it’s obvious that four of the deputies never fired their weapons and deserve to be reinstated to active duty," Wooten said. "More investigation is necessary into the three deputies who did fire their weapons and they will remain on administrative leave pending completion of the internal investigation and/or the criminal investigation being conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation." The announcement came a day after a judge rejected a request to publicly release the bodycam footage but said the Brown family could view it. Superior Court Judge Jeff Foster said releasing the video could impact a potential trial of deputies who opened fire on Brown, 42, during an attempt to serve search and arrest warrants in Elizabeth City.More Related News
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