Trey-Monteil Decarus Money-Brown, a 31-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on December 1, 2022, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Deputies from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office responded about 6:30 p.m. to a report of a shooting on Hartman Plaza and found Money-Brown with multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies performed life-saving measures and EMS arrived, but Money-Brown was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators identified and arrested a suspect, 26-year-old Shawn Aaron Vargas Jr. of Clemmons. Vargas was taken into custody by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Special Weapons and Tactics team and charged with murder; he is being held without bond at the Forsyth County Law Enforcement Detention Center. The Sheriff’s Office asked anyone with information about the shooting to come forward.

If anyone has information about Trey-Monteil Money-Brown’s death or saw activity around Hartman Plaza that evening, please share what you know with investigators.