A 7-year-old boy, Jo’zie Shane Brown, died after being shot on Sunday, January 14, 2024, in Dayton, Tennessee. He was transported for treatment but died the next day, Monday, January 15, 2024, at a hospital in Chattanooga. Jo’zie was a second-grader and a member of the Dayton Little Eagles football team, remembered as an awesome kid who loved football, basketball and soccer.

The shooting happened on Upper Fine Lane. The Rhea County Sheriff’s Department and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation led the inquiry, and an arrest followed: Christion Hamilton Jones, identified as Jo’zie’s older brother, was taken into custody on Friday, January 19, 2024, and booked into the Rhea County jail pending arraignment. Authorities have not released further specifics or a motive while the investigation remains active. Funeral services were announced at Coulter Garrison Funeral Home in Dayton.

If anyone knew Jo’zie or has information about what happened on Upper Fine Lane that night, please come forward.