Four Deputies Return to Active Duty After Andrew Brown Shooting

Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed by law enforcement last week, poses with his daughter in an undated family photograph. Ben Crump Law/Handout via Reuters

Four North Carolina deputies who were placed on administrative leave in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. have been permitted to return to duty after body-camera footage showed that they didn’t fire their guns, their sheriff said on Thursday.

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten confirmed that the three other deputies who were suspended following the April 21 shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr., 42, in Elizabeth City will remain on leave.