In the early morning of May 14, 2024, officers responding to a call about a suspicious person in the 100 block of West B Avenue in Easley, South Carolina, found a man who was not a resident of the home. The man was identified as 24-year-old Kavyza Brown of a nearby apartment on North 3rd Street. Brown had been shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene; an autopsy was scheduled to confirm cause of death.

Brown was a father to two children, Kassidy and Mason Brown. The Easley Police Department, the Pickens County Coroner’s Office, and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division opened an investigation; the motive and the events leading up to the shooting were not publicly detailed. A 35-year-old man, Thomas King, later turned himself in and was charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and committing a crime while on bond or pre-trial release for a violent crime. King was being held pending a bond hearing.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning or knew Kavyza, please share tips with the Easley Police Department.