David Brooks Jr. was identified as the person who was shot by the police and died.
An investigation is underway into the shooting death of a man accused of carrying a loaded shotgun by Roxboro, North Carolina.
A 911 call was made Friday reporting that a man near a Dollar General store on Weeks Drive was walking with a shotgun, police said.
Six minutes after Roxboro Police Department officers arrived on the scene, they were shot and the man died, police said.
Police Chief David Hess identified the deceased as David Brooks Jr., 45.
“We owe it to the Brooks family and this community for being transparent, but we owe it to them to do it with the facts,” Hess said at a news conference on Friday. “This community is about peace, love and calm. We would argue that is the case. Do not prejudge the things you have heard on social media and then turn that into an illegal activity. Roxboro is better than that.”
A loaded clipped shotgun was found at the scene, Hess said.
Two of the officers are on paid administrative leave while the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Person County District Attorney’s Office handle the investigation, police said.
“This is a difficult day for our city. Please be patient as this process begins. We will disclose the details as they become available to us,” Hess said in a statement.
This is the first shooting with officers involved in the police department in 29 years, Hess told ABC station WTVD.
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