On September 18, 2024, a shooting spree in Minneapolis left 39-year-old Robert Milton Brown dead. Brown, a Black man, was in an alley in the 2500 block of Bloomington Avenue S at about 4:15 p.m. when surveillance footage shows a gunman approach, point a handgun at his head, and then shoot him at close range. The footage reportedly shows Brown standing before he was forced to the ground with his hands up and cowering when the assailant paused and then fired the fatal shot to the head.

Authorities say the same suspect was linked to other shootings that day: an earlier morning homicide in an alley in the 2500 block of 17th Avenue S that killed 20-year-old Roland Scott Littleowl and wounded another man, and a later evening shooting that wounded a fourth person. Police arrested a 36-year-old man from Bemidji following the third shooting and charged him in the killings.

Does anyone have information about Brown’s life, where he spent time in Minneapolis, or any details that could help clarify what happened that afternoon?