On the evening of April 23, 2023, at about 10:22 p.m., York City Police responded to a shooting in the 400 block of Salem Avenue in York, Pennsylvania. Officers found 20-year-old Olajuwon Emanuel Brabham inside a residence with multiple gunshot wounds; a bystander had moved him to the yard. He was taken to WellSpan York Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:07 p.m. The York County Coroner’s Office autopsied Brabham on April 25 and ruled the manner of death homicide due to multiple gunshot wounds.

Brabham, a resident of West King Street in York, was remembered by family as kind-hearted, intelligent, respectful, and caring. Surveillance footage from inside the residence shows 20-year-old Kamron Luis Michael Dowsey interacting with Brabham in a seemingly friendly way before a confrontation and the shooting. An arrest warrant for criminal homicide was issued for Dowsey; he was at large for several days before surrendering to York City Police on May 4, 2023, accompanied by an attorney. He was denied bail and scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 18, 2023.

A Celebration of Life Service for Brabham was held May 5, 2023, at Gladfelter Funeral Home in York. If anyone has information about Olajuwon Brabham’s death or the events at the Salem Avenue residence, please share what you know.