nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Andrew Brown Jr. Was Shot In The Back Of His Head, Family Says, Citing Autopsy||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||”It was a kill shot to the back of the head” that cost Brown his life, family attorney Ben Crump said, as his office released the results of an independent autopsy.

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Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back of his head, his family’s attorneys said on Tuesday, citing an independent autopsy. Here, Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of Brown, her nephew, on her cell phone at her home in Elizabeth City, N.C.

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Andrew Brown Jr. Was Shot In The Back Of His Head, Family Says, Citing Autopsy

“It was a kill shot to the back of the head” that cost Brown his life, family attorney Ben Crump said, as his office released the results of an independent autopsy.