Christopher Brown was a 16-year-old Gulfport, Mississippi teen known to family as Christopher Nasir Hakeem Tookie Brown. He was remembered as kind-hearted, devoted to family, active in youth ministries at Empowerment Ministries and Faith Baptist Church, and a musician who often had a guitar in his hands.

In the early hours of Monday, June 10, 2024, Gulfport police responded to reports of gunfire on the 100 block of Darby Street. Christopher was found with a single gunshot wound and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead; the Harrison County coroner confirmed his identity and the cause of death that morning. Police said the shooting occurred around 1:28 a.m.; early statements gave no motive, no public suspect description, and no arrests in that case while multiple other shootings in the city that day did lead to arrests.

An obituary noted visitation and services on June 19, 2024, at Empowerment Ministries Christian Center and a graveside service at Finley Cemetery. Investigators later took four teenagers into custody, but authorities did not publicly state who, if anyone, fired the fatal shot or what triggered the violence, and the case remained unresolved in the absence of a public conviction. If anyone has information about what happened on Darby Street that night, please contact Gulfport police or the local crime-stoppers line.