“We were able to see where they possibly reached out to make contact to him,” Mr. Lynch said of the deputies. “But we did not see any actions on Mr. Brown’s part where he made contact with them or try to go in their direction. When the deputies arrived on the scene, Mr. Lynch said, they were yelling different commands to Mr. Brown. A shot was fired, Mr. Lynch said, at which time Mr. Brown, 42, put his car in reverse, placing him “several feet if not yards away from the police who were there.” Mr. Brown then turned his car away from the officers, Mr. Lynch said. Mr. Brown, he said, picked up speed, making tracks in the turf, while the police began “unloading their weapons.”

Source: New York Times May 12, 2021 00:11 UTC