Todd Laymond Brown, 34, was shot and killed in his Siler City home on East Sixth Street on June 15, 2021. Officers who responded that day found Brown, who lived at the residence, suffering from gunshot wounds; he was declared dead at the scene. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation was asked to assist and investigators conducted interviews and searches before submitting evidence to a grand jury.

The grand jury returned indictments for first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon against three men. Arrest orders were served July 15, 2021, for Anthony Tyrone Seymore, 30, of Sanford; Arsenio Lawon Smith, 33, of Siler City; and Timothy Lashon Eubanks, 42, of Siler City. All three were taken into custody and held in the Chatham County Detention Center with no bond allowed. Todd Brown was a businessman who ran Spruiell and Sons and a devoted father; he is survived by his children, family, and friends.

If anyone knew Todd, his movements that day, or saw anything on East Sixth Street in Siler City around June 15, 2021, please share what was seen or heard.