Eugene Sonny Brownlow IV, known as SoSo, was shot and killed on May 8, 2023, in Killeen, Texas, just days before his 17th birthday. Police found shell casings at the Star Mart Convenience Store in the 3600 block of Zephyr Road after the shooting around 10 a.m., then located three male gunshot victims on Becker Drive; all three were airlifted to hospitals and Eugene was pronounced dead at 12:40 p.m.

Investigators later identified 19-year-old Donovan Lee Mann as the primary suspect; he was arrested on May 15, 2023, and charged with murder, booked into the Bell County Jail with bond set at $1 million. An arrest affidavit described surveillance footage showing Eugene and two others arriving in a white Nissan, briefly entering the store, then leaving; Mann was seen making a phone call inside the store, watching the vehicle, then exiting and firing more than 20 rounds from a .40 caliber firearm into the car, striking the occupants.

A funeral service for Eugene was held May 20, 2023, at Chisolm’s Family Funeral Home with a private family interment later. Anyone who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.