Fifteen-year-old Brailynn Johnson-Murray was shot and killed on November 1, 2025, at the intersection of Park Place and 1st Avenue in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He was taken to UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport Hospital but died on the operating room table from significant blood loss after a single gunshot wound to the abdomen. The Lycoming County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death a homicide.

A student at South Williamsport High School, Brailynn loved basketball and boxing, and enjoyed music, drawing, and video games. His obituary notes a life filled with love and laughter and mentions his close bond with his two pitbulls. Police say the investigation is ongoing; as of late November 2025 no arrests had been announced and no suspects publicly identified. Authorities have not said whether this fatal shooting is connected to another shooting less than an hour earlier in which a different 15-year-old was wounded nearby.

If anyone has information about Brailynn’s killing, please contact the Williamsport Bureau of Police.