Man fatally shot by sheriff’s deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina


A man was fatally shot Wednesday morning by a Pasquotank County deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

There are few details at this time, but the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office says the shooting happened around 8:30 a.m. while deputies served a search warrant in the 400 block of Perry Street, off Roanoke Avenue.

The man, whose family members identified as 40-year-old Andrew Brown Jr., got into his car and started to drive away, witnesses say. That’s when shots were fired by the deputy. Neighbors say they heard anywhere from six to eight shots.
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