Autopsy Reveals Police Shot Andrew Brown Five Times, & Once in Back Of His Head
Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown, who was shot and killed by police in North Carolina reveal that an independent autopsy shows that he was shot five times, once in the back of the head.
The family Attorney Wayne Kendall revealed that evidence indicates that Brown had his arms up on the steering wheel of the car when he was hit four times in his right arm. The fifth shot hit Brown in the back of the head and killed him.
“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 head and that was the fatal bullet wound to the skull,” Kendall said. “That was the cause of death.”
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“The FBI Charlotte Field Office has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the police involved shooting death of Andrew Brown, Jr. Agents will work closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice to determine whether federal laws were violated. As this is an ongoing investigation, we cannot comment further.”
Brown’s son Khalil Ferebee said the evidence shows his father was not a threat to the officers.
“Those (four) gunshots to the arm, that weren’t enough? That weren’t enough?” he said. “It’s obvious he was trying to get away. It’s obvious and they’re going to shoot him in the back of the head? That s— not right. That’s not right at all, man.”
Source: NBC News