Andrew Brown Jr. is the name of the umpteenth African American killed by the American police, this time we are in Elizabeth City, in North Carolina, and the cop would only have to execute a search warrant. He brings it back l’Associated Press. The sheriff Tommy Wooten II he reported that the agent, his deputy, was wearing a body camera but did not explain how many shots were fired or provide any other details. On the spot, after Brown’s death, a crowd of dozens of people immediately gathered. Second Wavy-Tv, Brown had tried to escape by car and the officer had fired more than one shot at the vehicle. A bullet would have passed through the rear window.
According to local media reports, the Elizabeth City council has been urgently convened. About 100 people gathered in front of the town hall, some of them Brown’s friends, asking for answers and justice. “There are many injured people in our city,” the councilor said Gabriel Adkins, representative of the district of the city where the shooting took place.
“We just want to remind everyone to stay calm,” he added, asking people to trust him State Bureau of Investigation. Police officials gave little details about the shooting, saying the State Bureau of Investigation is holding the investigation. The North Carolina shooting comes less than 24 hours after that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in the George Floyd case.