ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – An independent autopsy shows that Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, was shot five times, including in the back of the head, attorneys for the man's family announced Tuesday.
A pathologist hired by Brown’s family examined his body and noted four wounds to the right arm and one to the head, attorney Wayne Kendall said during a news conference.
Brown's son Khalil Ferebee questioned why deputies had to shoot so many times at a man who, he said, posed no threat. “Yesterday I said he was executed.
This autopsy report shows me that was correct," he said at the news conference. “It’s obvious he was trying to get away. It’s obvious.