Radio traffic: 'Gun shot to the back'

Radio traffic from Broadcastify.com indicates that Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back Wednesday as deputies tried to serve him drug-related search and arrest warrants.
Posted 4/23/2021, 1:54:00 PM Updated 4/23/2021, 10:20:33 PM

ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE TONIGHT.

WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I'M DAVID CRABTREE.

>> I'M LENA TILLETT.

TEN DEPUTIES ARE OFF THE JOB

AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATH OF

ANDREW BROWN JR SOME

RESIGNED,ED OTHERS ARE ON

LEAVE.

>> LENA, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS.

THE SHERIFF HAD A BRIEFING ON

FACEBOOK.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU THESE NEW

VIDEOS WITHIN THE PAST FEW

MINUTES SHOWING THERE ARE

GROUPS OF PROTESTERS AND

MARCHERS IN ELIZABETH CITY THIS

EVENING.

SO FAR THINGS ARE PEACEFUL.

THEY CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR MORE

TRANSPARENCY AND THAT POLICE

BODY CAM VIDEO THAT HAS NOT

BEEN RELEASED.

BRYAN MIMS IS SPEAKING WITH THE

SHERIFF AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF

THE MAN SHOT.

>> Reporter: SHERIFF TOMMY

WOOTEN TOOK QUESTIONS.

FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE PUSHED HARD

FOR THE RELEASE OF THE BODY

CAMERA.

MANY DEMANDED THAT IT BE MADE

PUBLIC.

IT REQUIRES A JUDGE'S ORDER.

THE FAMILY MEMBERS MET WITH

SHERIFF TOMMY WOOTEN.

THEY SAID HE HAD NO VIDEO.

SHERIFF WOOTEN IS URGING

PATIENCE.

>> THAT TIME IS SHORTLY COMING

BECAUSE I WANT WHAT THE PEOPLE

OF THE COMMUNITY WANT.

I WASN'T ELECTED SHERIFF TO SET

ON A PEDESTAL AND THINK I'M

GOD.

>> Reporter: MEANTIME,

DEMONSTRATORS ARE GATHERING

AGAIN FOR ANOTHER MARCH THROUGH

TOWN.

PROVIDIAN MIMS, WRAL, ELIZABETH

CITY.

>>> ABOUT AN HOUR AGO THE CITY

COUNCIL IN ELIZABETH CITY VOTED

UNANIMOUSLY TO HAVE THE BODY

CAMERA FOOTAGE RELEASED.

THEY AGREED TO SEND A LETTER

ASKING THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY,

THE SHERIFF AND THE FBI FOR

THAT FOOTAGE.

COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID IT'S ABOUT

SENDING A MESSAGE THEY WANT

TRANSPARENCY IN THIS

INVESTIGATION FROM THEIR COUNTY

LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WRAL IS PART OF A MEDIA

COALITION FORMED TO PETITION

THE COURT TO RELEASE THE

FOOTAGE.

WE'LL FILE THAT REQUEST ON

MONDAY.

NORTH CAROLINA LAW SAYS ONLY

THE COURT CONDITION RELEASE

THAT VIDEO.

>>> UNTIL WE SEE THE RECORDINGS

FROM THE BODY CAMERA, WE HAVE

OTHER RECORDINGS TO DETERMINE

WHAT HAPPENED BEHIND THIS CRIME

SCENE TAPE.

WRAL RECEIVED A RECORDING.

ADAM OWENS SPENT THE DAY

PIECING IT TOGETHER AND HAS

MORE.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THAT

RECORDING BROWN WAS SHOT IN THE

BACK.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR WHAT

OFFICERS WERE SHARING WITH ONE

ANOTHER AS ALL OF THIS

UNFOLDED.

THIS IS THE MOMENT IT CAME

OVER.

DEPUTIES WERE SHARING IT ON

PERRY STREET.

>> WE HAVE SHOTS FIRED.

421 PERRY STREET.

EMS AND FIRE EN ROUTE.

>> Reporter: A HALF MEANT LATER

IT IS CONFIRMED THAT SOMEONE

WAS SHOT.

A CALL FOR MEDICAL HELP.

>> SHOTS FIRED AND NEED EMS.

>> Reporter: THEY LEARNED MORE

AND THAT THE WOUND APPEARED TO

BE ON THE MAN'S BACK.

>> WE'VE GOT ONE MALE 42 YEARS

OF

AGE, GUN SHOT TO THE BACK.

>> Reporter: THEN A REPORT.

>> GUNSHOT MALE WITH WOUNDS TO

THE BACK.

>> Reporter: DEPUTIES WERE

SERVING DRUG-RELATED WARRANTS.

DEPUTIES SAID BROWN HAD A HEX

OF ARREST.

THE RADIO TRAFFIC ENDS WITH

THEM IN STARTING A MEDICAL

HELICOPTER AND STARTING CPR.

>> OF COURSE, THAT AUDIO

DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY.