Javon Isiah Brown, 35, was killed in a shooting in North Charleston on the night of April 15, 2026. Officers were called to the 2200 block of Bailey Drive in the Dorchester Terrace community at about 10:55 p.m. after multiple callers reported gunfire. When police arrived they found Brown lying outside in front of a nearby residence with gunshot wounds; emergency responders began lifesaving efforts but he was pronounced dead after EMS arrived. The Charleston County Coroner’s Office listed cause of death as a gunshot wound.

North Charleston police are treating the case as a homicide and the coroner’s office assisted investigators. Authorities did not describe a suspect, release a motive, or say what led up to the shooting, and no arrests had been announced. Brown’s obituary notes a private homegoing service and entombment with a walk-through visitation at The Low Country Mortuary in North Charleston.

Was anyone in the Dorchester Terrace area that night aware of suspicious activity or persons around Bailey Drive?