Deputy Sheriff Ray S. Brown, 60, was killed on June 9, 1981, after responding to a domestic disturbance in Clinton, Tennessee. He was fatally shot upon arriving at the scene while carrying out his duties as a law enforcement officer.

Family remembered him as both a public servant and a devoted father; his daughter Jo Ann Brown Leach described him as her best friend and hero. The investigation established that a single individual was responsible for the shooting and that the suspect died at the scene. With no one else identified or charged, authorities closed the case.

What details about the incident or Ray Brown’s service in Clinton might help others remember him or provide further information?