Stephen Lee Brown, 42, was found shot and killed in his pickup truck in the predawn hours of Sunday, September 11, 2022, at the corner of Cowan and Smith Streets in Macon, Georgia. Deputies from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 2:30 a.m. call about a person being shot and discovered Brown unresponsive; he was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining at least one gunshot wound. His family was notified and the community was left reeling by the sudden loss.

Investigators from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office opened a homicide investigation and appealed to the public for information, providing contact details for the sheriff’s office and Macon Regional Crime Stoppers. If anyone witnessed activity near Cowan and Smith Streets that morning or has information that could help the investigation, please contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers.