An independent autopsy found Andrew Brown died from being shot in the back of the head, his family says

• Lawyers for the family of Andrew Brown released details of an independent autopsy on Tuesday.
• They said the autopsy found Brown was shot in the head.
• Brown was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, last week.
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An independent autopsy found that Andrew Brown – who was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in North Carolina last week – died from a gunshot wound to the back of the head, his family's lawyers say.

Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump, who's representing Brown's family, said at a press conference that one of the bullets that hit Brown was "a kill shot to the back of the head." Crump said four other bullets grazed Brown's right arm during the shooting.

Brown was killed by a Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on April 21. At the time of the shooting, sheriff's deputies were carrying out an arrest warrant on Brown for felony drug charges.

The sheriff's office said Brown was fleeing police when he was shot.

At Tuesday's press conference, attorney Wayne Kendall said Brown had his arms on his steering wheel when he was shot. Kendall said gunfire first grazed Brown's arm, then after he backed his car up into a vacant lot and turned his car around, Brown was shot in the back of the head.

Kendall said the legal team ordered an independent autopsy because they don't have access to the official autopsy.

Brown's family said on Monday that they have only seen 20 seconds of body camera footage from the shooting.

Viewing of the footage was also delayed because officials said they were blurring faces to "protect an active internal investigation."

Elizabeth City declared a state of emergency on Monday before details on the body camera footage were released. The video has not yet been released to the public.

Seven deputies have been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is investigated, and three others have resigned from the department. None of the deputies have been criminally charged.