On July 31, 2023, a shooting near Kissimmee, Florida, left 18-year-old Asad Brinson dead. Deputies from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office responded about 8:20 p.m. to multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the area of Tampa Avenue between Michigan Avenue and Orange Blossom Trail, just south of Osceola Parkway. Two Black males with apparent gunshot wounds were found; one was in a vehicle and taken to a hospital on life support, while Brinson was found on the ground and pronounced deceased at the scene.

Investigators have not released what led to the shooting or whether the two men shot each other. Brinson had recent prior contacts with law enforcement: he was arrested January 7, 2023, on a grand theft of a firearm charge after concealed guns were found in a vehicle he was driving, one later identified as stolen, and he was later arrested on a misdemeanor affray charge after a large fight at the Osceola County Fair on February 17 that forced the fair to close for the night. Anyone with information about the July 31 shooting is asked to share what they know.