ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — An autopsy showed a bullet hole to the back of Andrew Brown’s head that penetrated his brain, according to attorneys for his family.
Attorneys put up two charts at a news conference in Elizabeth City Tuesday morning demonstrating the results of a private autopsy commissioned by the family.
One chart was a drawing that showed the wound to the back of Brown’s head; the other showed four non-fatal wounds to his right arm.
“He was executed,” attorney Ben Crump said of Brown.
The news conference in front of the Pasquotank County Public Safety Building was interrupted by a group of men who appeared to be from the Black Panthers organization. Tensions rose dramatically as they shouted more were coming. The stood about 20 feet away from the speakers on the fringes of the media and about 50 supporters gathered.
They called out at the speakers at times and appeared to be advocating violence. One shouted at the attorneys that they were ambulance chasers and cowards.
“We don’t like you,” the agitator yelled.
Attorney Bakari Sellers responded into the cluster of microphones that he does not care who liked him or not.
“What I care about is justice,” he said.
Demonstrations every day since the shooting on April 21 have been peaceful.
The autopsy was done by Dr. Brent Hall, a forensic pathologist with Autopsy PC out of Boone, N.C.
Brown’s funeral is set for noon on Monday.
