On the evening of Thursday, August 31, 2017, 45-year-old Crystal Brown was shot and killed during a robbery near a transient camp by the railroad tracks at 15th Avenue and Lincoln Street in Phoenix, Arizona. She and her husband were confronted between about 7:30 and 7:50 p.m. by three unknown young men; one of the suspects, armed with a handgun, fired a shot that struck Crystal. She was found near 7th Avenue and Buchanan Street, taken to a nearby hospital, and later pronounced dead.

The suspects were described as three males in their late teens to early twenties who fled the scene. The Phoenix Police Department opened a homicide investigation and appealed for public tips; the case was also featured by Silent Witness. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains open.