North Carolina judge denies immediate release of body camera footage showing Andrew Brown Jr. shooting

• A judge delayed the release of police body camera footage from the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown.
• The judge said it would be released after the investigation into the shooting is complete.
• Brown was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, last week.

A judge in North Carolina ruled the release body camera footage showing a sheriff's deputy fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. will be delayed, NPR reports.

Judge Jeffrey Foster ordered the footage from five body cameras to be released to Brown's family within 10 days, but not released to the public until an investigation into Brown's death is completed.

Foster said that the it could take 30 to 45 days to release the video footage to the public, NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon reported.

North Carolina requires a judge to approve the release of body camera footage and to whom it goes to.

A group of media organizations had also requested access to the video, but Foster said the media don't have standing to request the video under the state law and denied the request.

Brown was fatally shot last week while Pasquotank County Sheriff's deputies were carrying out an arrest warrant on felony drug charges.

Seven sheriff's deputies have been placed on administrative leave while the shooting is being investigated, and three others from the department have resigned. None have been criminally charged as of Wednesday.

Viewing of the footage was previously delayed because officials said they were blurring faces to "protect an active internal investigation."