On the morning of November 5, 2024, gunfire was reported on Old Quarry Road in Ringgold, Virginia. Deputies from the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office arrived around 7 a.m. and found 26-year-old Tauron D. Brown Jr., a Black man from South Boston, suffering from a gunshot wound. Brown was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office for the Western District of Virginia for an autopsy to determine the official cause and manner of death.

Authorities detained a suspect at the scene; the person’s identity has not been released and charges were pending as the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office assisted the ongoing investigation. Officials described the shooting as an isolated incident and said there was no ongoing threat to public safety. The circumstances that led to the fatal shooting and any relationship between Brown and the detained suspect have not been disclosed.

If anyone has information about Tauron Brown Jr., the incident on Old Quarry Road, or was in the area that morning, please share what you know with investigators.