Linton Brown was 38 when he was shot and killed on February 21, 2020, after a dispute in his Brownsville neighborhood. The shooting happened on Herzl Street during an argument over a gambling debt; Brown was struck in the chest and later died at Brookdale University Hospital. Friends and neighbors called him Mega and described him as kind-hearted who worked various odd jobs despite a tough exterior.

Police identified James Johnson as the shooter. Johnson surrendered to police and was arrested on charges of murder and gun possession. He acknowledged the debt to Brown and said Brown had been making threats against him and his family as he tried to collect. The case underscores how a personal financial dispute escalated into fatal gun violence in the community.

Did anyone in Brownsville know Brown or have information about disputes in that block that could help clarify what happened?