In the early morning hours of August 20, 2023, 43-year-old Johnnie Antoine Brown was shot to death inside a residence on Ridge Road in Palmyra, Virginia. The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office found him with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene and the death was opened as a homicide.

Eyewitnesses told investigators that multiple people were seen leaving the area in a two-door vehicle, but descriptions of the suspects are limited and no one has been publicly identified. As of early 2024 the investigation remained active and no arrests had been announced.

Anyone with information about that August morning, the vehicle seen leaving the scene, or other details that could help investigators is asked to come forward.