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FILE - In this April 22, 2021 file photo, a woman sits in a downtown doorway in Elizabeth City, N.C. The fatal shooting of a Black man by sheriff’s deputies has sent shock waves through Elizabeth City. The majority Black city in the state’s rural northeastern corner holds an important place in African American history in the 19th and 20th centuries. But some residents say it seemed too close-knit and too out-of-the-way to become a flashpoint in the 21st. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 22, 2021 file photo, a woman sits in a downtown doorway in Elizabeth City, N.C. The fatal shooting of a Black man by sheriff’s deputies has sent shock waves through Elizabeth City. The majority Black city in the state’s rural northeastern corner holds an important place in African American history in the 19th and 20th centuries. But some residents say it seemed too close-knit and too out-of-the-way to become a flashpoint in the 21st. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

Kirk Rivers addresses demonstrators outside City Hall as they await members of the city council who held an emergency meeting on Friday, April 23, 2021, in Elizabeth City, N.C., in regards to the death of Andrew Brown Jr., who was shot and killed by a Pasquotank County Deputy Sheriff earlier in the week. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Attorney: Black man killed by deputies shot in back of head

By BEN FINLEY and JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of her nephew, Andrew Brown Jr., on her cell phone at her home in Elizabeth City, N.C., on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Brown was shot and killed Wednesday by a sheriff's deputy, who was attempting to execute a warrant. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Man killed by deputy recalled as storyteller, jokester

By ALLEN G. BREED and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press