Sontonio Brown, a 25-year-old Black man, was found down in the Whitehaven area of Memphis on September 1, 2015, after suffering a gunshot wound that proved fatal. Officers discovered him on the 5400 block of Oak Bark Drive; he was taken for emergency care but died shortly afterward. Police treated the scene as a homicide, securing the area, searching for witnesses, and investigating what happened in the moments before the shot was fired.

In the days after the killing, investigators concentrated on people connected closely to the victim and the scene. Three related men — described publicly as a grandfather, a father, and a son — were arrested and booked on first-degree murder charges.

If anyone knew Sontonio, was in the Whitehaven neighborhood that night, or has information about what happened on Oak Bark Drive, please share what is known.