On the evening of March 19, 2022, 29-year-old Jordan Brown was working the closing shift at World of Weed, a cannabis dispensary on East Portland Avenue in Tacoma, Washington, after spending the day shopping for a car with his father. That night two teenagers, 16-year-old Montrell Hatfield and 15-year-old Marshon Jones, entered the store intending to rob it. Hatfield fired a warning shot into the ceiling and demanded money. When Jordan resisted, a struggle followed and Marshon Jones fired a single shot that struck Jordan in the neck. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators tied the shooting to Hatfield and Jones using surveillance footage and other evidence; the pair had cut off their house arrest ankle monitors days earlier and were linked to a string of armed robberies across Pierce and King counties. Both teenagers were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and multiple counts of first-degree robbery. Jordan’s family remembered him as a talented artist and musician who loved anime and said his death left a profound void.

Does anyone have memories of Jordan or information about that night that could shed more light on what happened?