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NEW: The attorney for the family of Andrew Brown Jr. calls for the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office to release the body camera video now.

Brown was shot and killed by a Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Deputy yesterday morning during the execution of a search warrant. @13NewsNow

Keith Rivers - president of the local NAACP chapter - says the Sheriff’s department so far has failed to create trust and transparency for accountability and justice to move forward.

Brown had 7 children and took care of others as well, family attorney said. @13NewsNow

About the search warrant - the city clerk’s office says it does *not* currently have the search warrant that officers were trying to serve before Brown was shot and killed yesterday.

Clerk says it’s part of NCSBI investigation and in their hands. I’m working to get it @13NewsNow

Harry Daniels, the attorney for Brown’s family, says Brown was shot by “multiple officers” who are now on administrative leave.

Yesterday, Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office said one deputy shot and killed Brown.

Daniels also says Brown was unarmed when he was killed @13NewsNow

Here’s background on the case, statements, protests and reaction.

A neighbor told @13NewsNow that Brown was driving away when a deputy shot and killed him.

Tonight, some community members are planning a rally for Brown. It’s set to start around 5

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Right now in Elizabeth City - people are starting a rally/protest in support of Andrew Brown. They’re calling for “transparency and justice” to end police killings of black people. They’ll march throughout EC tonight. Here’s the first chant of “No Justice, No Peace” @13NewsNow

📸 from the Elizabeth City protest.

About 100 or more people are here now as the group grows, some local activists are speaking. Signs say:

Justice for Andrew Brown
Together we can end Gun Violence
Black Lives Matter #BLM
Stop Police Brutality
Release the Video!!

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Full story with new information/responses from the DA, city attorney and Sheriff Wooten.

The family attorney says Andrew Brown was unarmed, fleeing and shot by *multiple* PCSO deputies. @13NewsNow

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WATCH: Protesters march through Elizabeth City tonight in support of #AndrewBrown. @eugenedanielTV is taking over the rest of the night, check his thread here ⬇️

https://twitter.com/eugenedanielTV/status/1385352013752545285

TODAY: People are protesting on Ehringhaus Street in Elizabeth City for #AndrewBrown. Police have blocked the road while they shout No Justice, No Peace. A thirds straight day of peaceful demonstrations @13NewsNow

At 3:30, the Elizabeth City city council will meet to “direct the city attorney to file a petition with the court for body cam footage” of the shooting and killing of #AndrewBrown

More details to come on @13NewsNow

BREAKING: Elizabeth City Council votes to officially request the body camera video of the death of #AndrewBrown.

Unanimous vote 5-0 in favor. Some question of if Elizabeth City has legal standing for this request, but council members decided to do it anyway. @13NewsNow

Protesters are rallying outside Elizabeth City Hall right now.

Council members, advocates are talking to a frustrated group, explaining bodycam video request and what could come next.

Family members of #AndrewBrown may speak soon. Protester: “A warrant is not a death sentence”

CONFIRMED: 7 Pasquotank County Sheriff’s deputies are on paid administrative leave and 3 deputies have resigned from their positions following the shooting and killing of #AndrewBrown on Wednesday

County Manager Sparty Hammett says one resignation is a retirement @13NewsNow

MONDAY: A state of emergency declared in Elizabeth City “to ensure the safety of our citizens and their property...there may potentially be a period of civil unrest following” the release of body cam video of #AndrewBrown death.

Brown’s family will see the video today @13NewsNow

Many roads in Elizabeth City are closed/traffic re-routed to prepare for more potential protests today.

Schools are fully virtual today due to the “evolving state of civil unrest in our local community” @13NewsNow

SEARCH WARRANT: The probable cause affidavit says a confidential informant purchased cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine from Andrew Brown on “numerous occasions.”

A deputy shot and killed Brown while trying to serve this search warrant last Wednesday. @13NewsNow

The search warrant doesn’t say what, if anything, was taken during the execution of the warrant.

Brown’s family is expected to watch the body cam video at 11:30 with attorneys speaking after

Protesters are waiting outside the public safety building for Sheriff Wooten @13NewsNow

A reminder on the State of Emergency in Elizabeth City:

- No curfew, no restrictions, no National Guard

- It’s an order in anticipation of “civil unrest” as “it seems likely” that body cam video of the death of #AndrewBrown will be released in the “very near future” @13NewsNow

Community members in Elizabeth City now filling in behind the press crews - all waiting on a response from Andrew Brown’s family/attorneys after they see the body camera footage of Brown’s death. @13NewsNow

Family members of #AndrewBrown - standing with attorneys Ben Crump, Bakari Sellers and Harry Daniels - are speaking to a crowd *before* they go into talk with Sheriff Wooten.

People are chanting “say no more, show us the video.” That’s the expectation shortly @13NewsNow

Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers are calling for a change to the North Carolina law that requires a court order to release body camera video.

“We’re going to see the video to know what they’re hiding from all of you. We need all of y’all speaking truth to power” - Crump @13NewsNow

Protesters start chanting “What do you want? The video!” and “What do you want? Justice!”

Attorneys say they learned an hour ago that the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office says it’s making “redactions” to the body camera video before they show it to the family @13NewsNow

Sheriff Wooten has officially asked a court to release the video to the public.

As for the family viewing, Pasquotank County Attorney says the law allows the blurring of some faces. “We hope this occurs today...as soon as these redactions are complete” family can view @13NewsNow

https://twitter.com/eugenedanieltv/status/1386718460890255361

The mother of Eric Garner spoke to protesters today: “We can’t have this keep on happening, we can’t treat this like it’s the norm...our children are dying.”

It’s a waiting game now. The Brown family and attorneys are here, waiting (and expecting) to see video today @13NewsNow

UPDATE: The Brown family and their attorneys will now watch the body camera video around 1:30. They plan to speak after the private viewing.

Only the family/attorneys can see it right now. Public release of the video requires a court order in NC. That would come later @13NewsNow

The #AndrewBrown family and attorneys are now inside to see the body camera video of Brown’s death. Statement and reaction to come on @13NewsNow

NEW: Attorney Ben Crump says the family was only allowed to see a 20-second video, a “snippet.” They were showed “only one body cam video” when they know multiple deputies had cameras on. They say the family has been disrespected. @13NewsNow

Attorney Chantel Lassiter says the body camera video shows #AndrewBrown was in his car with his hands on the steering wheel when officers started shooting at him and his car before he drove away. She says “this was clearly an execution” @13NewsNow

Takeaways from family reaction:
- Shown just 20 seconds of one bodycam
- Video started with deputies shooting at Brown in his car
- Says it’s not right for county officials to determine what’s pertinent
- Short video lacks context, details about why

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TUESDAY: Attorneys for the Brown family are here to hold a press conference any minute now. We’re expecting details from an autopsy of #AndrewBrown @13NewsNow

Attorney Ben Crump says lawyers/family are revealing the results of an independent autopsy.

Funeral services for #AndrewBrown will be on Monday at noon.

Crump says Brown was killed by a gunshot to the back of his head. Yesterday, attorneys called it an “execution” @13NewsNow

A Brown family attorney says Andrew Brown was shot four times in the right arm, then he tried to drive away and he was shot and killed by a “penetrating bullet wound to the skull.”

He says the time of death was “within minutes” of the “gunshot wound to the head.” @13NewsNow

Andrew Brown’s son Khalil Ferebee says this autopsy report confirms what he said yesterday, that his father was executed by a Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Deputy.

Ferebee says he watched deputies shoot at his father while Brown tried to drive away “to save his life.” @13NewsNow

Takeaways from #AndrewBrown family/lawyers independent autopsy report:
- Brown shot 5 times, 4 in right arm, once in back of his head which lawyers called the “kill shot”
- Shot in head while trying to drive away, according to family who saw 20 secs of body cam video
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NEW: The FBI Charlotte Field Office has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of #AndrewBrown.

FBI agents are working with the US Attorney’s Office for ED-NC and Civil Rights Division at DOJ to “determine whether federal laws were violated” @13NewsNow

NC Gov. Cooper calls for a special prosecutor to investigate Andrew Brown's death.

Sheriff Tommy Wooten says the private autopsy is "important" and he's praying for the family, but the autopsy is "just one piece of the puzzle" during SBI investigation

https://twitter.com/eugenedanielTV/status/1387131741664579588?s=20

Deputies shot #AndrewBrown 5 times while serving a search warrant

A shot to the back of Brown’s head killed him

Family members say Brown was trying to drive away to save his life

A judge could decide to release bodycam vids to public tomorrow @13NewsNow
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WEDNESDAY: A Pasquotank County judge will hear a request to release body cam video of the #AndrewBrown shooting to the public.

North Carolina law requires court order to release video. Space is limited- legal counsel/family/parties going in now, press may use overflow @13NewsNow

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation statement this morning: “full resources..are being utilized to pursue an independent, thorough & impartial investigation”

NCSBI says it defers bodycam decision to courts & supports “transparency to greatest extent possible” @13NewsNow

Family members of #AndrewBrown entering the Pasquotank County Courthouse this morning - attorneys right behind them.

Q: What are you hoping for today?
A: “Transparency”
@13NewsNow

District Attorney Andrew Womble says the body camera video should be disclosed to the family of Andrew Brown, but not released to the public for 30 days (a delay to allow NCSBI to complete its investigation and Womble to decide on charges) @13NewsNow

Womble on body cam video: The car of #AndrewBrown was stationary when deputies approached and grabbed door, Brown backed up and “made contact” with law enforcement, then drove forward and “makes contact” with deputies, and *then* shots are fired. @13NewsNow

An attorney for “unnamed defendants” (presumably deputies) says “officers are distraught” and “we believe the shooting was justified.”

He opposes public release of video, saying there isn’t a “compelling public interest” (that community wants, but doesn’t *need* it) @13NewsNow

A note: DA Womble said “all 4 body cameras” in his address to the judge, our first notice of how *many* cameras were rolling.

The judge said he’s seen the body camera videos and he spent hours last night reviewing them. @13NewsNow

Attorney representing press requests for video: There is absolutely a compelling public interest, the fact that Womble and Brown attorneys’ accounts of video differ shows a reason to release. Says he does not believe release would jeopardize investigation/charges @13NewsNow

Arguments are finished. Judge is taking a 15-20 minute break to review and then he will be back out to make a decision on the release of body camera video in the death of #AndrewBrown

BREAKING: A Pasquotank County judge denies request to release body camera video of #AndrewBrown death to the public right now.

Judge says video will not be released until investigation is complete between 30-45 days. Then he’ll reconsider a public release. @13NewsNow

The judge says the body camera video *will* be disclosed to certain members of #AndrewBrown family within 10 days. That disclosure will include blurs and some redactions.

Judge said release of body camera video could threaten a fair trial and justice in the case @13NewsNow

Attorneys representing media request for public release of the video says judge’s ruling that media doesn’t have standing is very unusual. Here’s an explanation @13NewsNow

Brown family attorney Wayne Kendall: “From the standpoint of the family, we consider this a partial victory.”

The family will see the body camera videos within 10 days.

Kendall criticizes DA Womble’s for making claims about videos without showing them to the public @13NewsNow

Attorney Harry Daniels also criticizes DA Womble: “If you have disputed facts show the tape!”

Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter says she stands by her statements about it being an “execution” and did not see Brown’s car “make contact” with deputies in 20-second clip @13NewsNow

DEVELOPING STORY: After denial, the judge will reconsider the request to release body camera video to the public in the next 30-45 days.

Brown family attorneys say it’s a partial victory for the family who will view the videos within 10 days @13NewsNow

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Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten: “I wanted the body camera footage to be released to the public as soon as possible and I’m disappointed it won’t happen immediately”

Wooten says as soon as NCSBI investigation is done he’ll “act quickly to ensure accountability” @13NewsNow

With the judge’s ruling that he’ll reconsider public release of body camera video in 30-45 days *after* NCSBI investigation is completed, that means DA Andrew Womble could decide whether to file any criminal charges *before* the public sees video of #AndrewBrown death @13NewsNow