Corey La-Paul Brown, a 29-year-old Black man from Columbus, Ohio, was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Waffle House at 1405 N. Cassady Avenue on March 27, 2017, at about 2:45 a.m. Witnesses reported a gold, four-door vehicle was involved and left the scene before police arrived. Emergency responders pronounced Corey dead at the scene.

The Columbus Police Department opened an investigation and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office has classified the case as an unsolved homicide. Corey’s family remembers him as a loving father to sons Cincere Hairston and Zyair Brown and daughter Corissa Brown; they continue to seek justice for his death.

Anyone with information about the shooting or the gold four-door vehicle is asked to submit a tip to assist the ongoing investigation.