On the evening of January 18, 2019, emergency responders were called to the 600 block of N. Laburnum Avenue in Henrico, Virginia, after reports of a shooting. Two men at the scene had been shot; 29-year-old Sylvester M. Brown Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene and a second man was taken to hospital with injuries described as not life-threatening.

Investigators determined the shooting arose from an altercation between the two men who were shot. In the days after the incident Henrico County Police said they were not searching for any other individuals in connection with this shooting and stressed the case was separate from other recent homicides in the area. No further details about the circumstances of the altercation have been released.

If anyone has information about the events on N. Laburnum Avenue that evening, please share what is known with Henrico County authorities.