ATLANTA — The man accused of shooting and injuring two people at a mall in the Birmingham, Alabam, area on Thanksgiving waived his extradition hearing in front of a Fulton County judge Friday.
U.S. Marshals arrested Erron Brown, 20, on Thursday at a relative's home in South Fulton County.
Brown was charged with attempted murder in the Nov. 22 shooting at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, according to a statement from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Brown is accused of shooting and wounding two people. Police responding to the scene shot and killed another man who turned out not to have been involved.
Brown was charged in Georgia as a “fugitive from justice." He will soon be transported back to Alabama.
Channel 2's Audrey Washington was at the courthouse Friday when Brown walked into the courthouse. He immediately looked over at his family, who were in the audience.
Washington spoke to Brown's family outside the courtroom. They did not want to be identified, but said it's important for all of the facts to come out. They said they stand behind Brown.
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"Erron Brown comes from a good family, and we should support him however we can," a family member said.
Hoover police said a fight broke out inside the Riverchase Galleria on Thanksgiving night and resulted in an exchange of gunfire.
Brown was charged in the shooting of Brian Xavier Wilson, 18, of Birmingham, who was wounded. He wasn't charged with shooting a 12-year-old girl who also was injured.
An officer responding to the scene shot and killed Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21, who police said was running from the scene with a weapon. Police later determined Bradford was not the shooter.
Brown's family said the death of Bradford is tragic.
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