Kevin Lamont Brown, a 47-year-old Black man from Fort Worth, was shot and killed outside his home on January 25, 2022. He had walked down the driveway of his residence in the 2100 block of Beacon Way to check his mailbox while talking on his cellphone when a black Chrysler sedan steered around the corner and slowed. A passenger, Damond Cotton, leaned from a rear window and fired a rifle, striking Brown in the head.

Initial police theory suggested the shooting might be gang retaliation aimed at Kevin’s son, Braylin Brown, who was in jail at the time and is a documented member of the Crips. Detectives later used surveillance video of the suspect vehicle to identify the driver as Ashlynn Durham and the shooter as Damond Cotton. A search of Cotton’s apartment turned up handwritten letters to Braylin Brown that investigators say suggested a friendly relationship and prompted a new line of inquiry that Braylin may have directed the killing from jail. Four people were arrested and charged in connection with the murder: Damond Cotton, Ashlynn Durham, Alexis Abeyta, and Braylin Brown.

Does anyone have information about Kevin’s life in the Beacon Way neighborhood or about the vehicle seen on that street the day he was killed?