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Why was Andrew Brown Jr being arrested?
ANDREW Brown Jr was shot dead by police officers as they attempted to arrest him on April 21, 2021.
Family lawyer Ben Crump said that received a and that the father of 10 had his hands on his car steering wheel when he was fatally shot.
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Why was Andrew Brown Jr being arrested?
The shooting took place about 8.30am on April 21 when on Brown at his home in Elizabeth City, .
According to the search warrant that was signed one day before, Brown had a .
Authorized on April 20 by North Carolina Superior Court Senior Resident Judge Jerry R. Tillett, the warrant stated that a confidential source had been in contact with a senior member of a narcotics task force.
Agent R.D. Johnson of the Dare County Narcotics Task Force was allegedly told by the informant that they had been purchasing illegal drugs from Brown for over a year, according to .
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They claim to have bought "different quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine from Brown on numerous occasions".
According to the informant, they would meet up with Brown in numerous hotels and motels in both Dare County and Elizabeth City - and even at Brown's home on multiple occasions.
The informant then conducted a "controlled purchase" of a quantity of cocaine from Brown while wearing an audio and video recording device under the instruction of the Dare County Narcotics Task Force on March 17.
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A second controlled purchase of meth from Brown was carried out on March 29 which was also captured on camera, leading to Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office Investigator D. Ryan Meads requesting a warrant.
The warrant states investigators believe Brown's home in Elizabeth City was , namely 'crack' cocaine."
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What did Brown's family and legal team say about the shooting?
Crump, the family lawyer, said that showed that the "" Brown received "penetrated his skull and brain."
The gunshot allegedly caused skull fractures and did not exit his head.
"Yesterday, I said he was 'executed.' This autopsy report shows me that was correct," Brown's son, Khalil Ferebee said, according to .
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Lawyer Wayne Kendall said the fatal shot hit Brown as he tried to drive away, according to ABC News.
According to the outlet, Kendall said: "He was able to back up, turn the vehicle around, spin off across a vacant lot. And at that time he was hit in the back of the head and that is the fatal bullet wound."
The autopsy revealed that Brown received "five penetrating bullet wounds" to his body, with four shots to the arm.
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Lawyer Chantel Cherry-Lassiter watched a of the fatal shooting with Brown's family.
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She told reporters: "There was no time in the that we saw where he was threatening the officers in any kind of way."
Brown's death has in Elizabeth City.
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