On December 20, 2023, at about 8:09 p.m., Long Beach police responded to a reported shooting near Pacific Coast Highway and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and found 36-year-old Korey Brown with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body. Officers provided aid and he was taken to a local hospital, where he later died. Preliminary investigators say Brown was approached by unknown suspect(s) who shot him and fled on foot. The motive is unclear and no arrests have been made.

Homicide Detectives Oscar Valenzuela and Leticia Gamboa are leading the investigation. A viewing for Korey Lamar Brown is scheduled for February 2, 2024, at Long Beach Colonial Mortuary with a service the next day at Grant AME Church. Anyone with information is asked to contact LA Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477), via the P3 Tips app, or at www.lacrimestoppers.org.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about who approached Korey Brown that night, please come forward.