Daujan Brown was a 15-year-old Black male killed on July 3, 2023, during a mass shooting in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia near 56th Street and Chester Avenue. Authorities identified him as the youngest of five people killed when a gunman moved through the area firing a rifle at people in the street and in vehicles; police described the attack as apparently random and said the attacker wore body armor and a mask.

Brown and his 13-year-old best friend had been together in the neighborhood during the Fourth of July weekend and went to a corner store for drinks. When the shooting began, the friend was shot and fell; according to the friend’s father, Brown tried to help him and was then shot. The friend initially believed Brown might be playing dead and later learned after surgery that Brown had died trying to protect him.

Police arrested Kimbrady Carriker, then 40, after cornering him in an alley; officers recovered rifles, a 9 mm handgun, ammunition magazines, a police scanner, a bulletproof vest, ghost guns, and dozens of spent casings. Prosecutors charged Carriker with multiple counts including five counts of murder and attempted murder; he was held without bail. At sentencing, Brown’s family described the lasting loss, and his twin sister and grandmother spoke about him.