Elizabeth City, North Carolina shooting: Man killed as deputies warrant, authorities say

The man, about whom a search warrant was issued, died in what the sheriff called an officer shooting.

Further details were not immediately released. The North Carolina sheriff is taking over the investigation into the shooting, the sheriff said.

Pasquotank County says it closed its office buildings in downtown Elizabeth City at 1 p.m., in response to the shooting.

The city council convened an emergency meeting Wednesday night to discuss the incident.

The area’s district attorney, R. Andrew Womble, told CNN he was aware of the shooting, which he said happened around 8:30 p.m.

In a statement, Womble said he The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation asked to assume ‘primary responsibility for investigating the events surrounding the officer who fired and to process the scene where the events took place, including but not limited to the collection of physical evidence. not.’

Womble declined to comment further.

Elizabeth City has about 18,000 residents and is just west of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and about 45 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia.

This is an evolving story and will be updated.

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