On the evening of May 17, 2014, on Hardy Drive in Charlottesville, 36-year-old Oscar Nathaniel Nat Brown was shot and killed. The shooting was described as a burst of gunfire that fatally wounded Brown, and Charlottesville authorities opened a homicide investigation.

Records show the case later reached a point where a judge certified a murder charge connected to the Hardy Drive shooting, but public details about the accused, any arrest, the evidence presented, or the trial outcome are not available. Many specifics about the circumstances of the shooting and what led to the charge remain limited.

If anyone knew Oscar Brown, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could clarify what happened that night, please come forward to share what is known.