Cassandra Brown, a 66-year-old Black woman, was shot and killed on June 13, 2025, during a crowded block party on Grothe Street on Jacksonville’s Mid-Westside. She was struck in the head while sitting outside her home near the intersection of Everson and Grothe as more than a hundred people gathered in the street. Authorities identified her soon after the shooting and a community reward of $3,000 was announced to encourage tips.

In the months before the killing Brown reported threats and intimidation to police; an incident report labeled witness tampering said her home was vandalized and her car’s tires were slashed. Friends and relatives linked those threats to her role as a witness in a prior case: the year before she had testified after seeing a woman she knew shoot a man in front of her. Family, neighbors and advocates publicly pressed for answers, canvassed the neighborhood, and held memorials and outreach as the investigation continued without a reported arrest or a publicly named suspect by late July.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or knew more about the threats Brown reported, can you share what you know with investigators?