Robert Quincy Brown, a 35-year-old Black man from New Castle, was found dead in the early morning hours of January 30, 2014, after police responded to a report about a suspicious vehicle. Officers discovered Brown on the ground near his car around Sciota Street and the 1100 block of Moravia Street, near or behind Lutton’s Auto Repair, with a severe head injury; police treated the death as suspicious at the scene. A relative who lived near the alley said she heard a gunshot that morning. Investigators checked surveillance from a nearby auto body shop as they reconstructed the moments before the killing.

Within days the case progressed to an arrest. New Castle police identified Carlos Anthony Thompson, 37, of New Castle, as a suspect. Authorities said Thompson admitted to shooting Brown; he was arrested February 4, 2014, and charged with criminal homicide, murder, robbery, and firearms-related offenses and held in the Lawrence County Jail. News reports did not provide a detailed motive or any later trial or sentencing information.

Did anyone in the area see activity near Sciota Street or Moravia Street that morning or have information about the surveillance mentioned?