On January 25, 2013, 21-year-old Brandon Deshawn Brown was found with gunshot wounds in the 800 block of Lincoln Street in Norfolk’s Young Terrace neighborhood. He was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries; the Norfolk Police Department ruled the incident a homicide. Brown lived nearby, and his death unsettled the local community.

In March 2013, Norfolk Police working with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested 20-year-old Tyree L. Williams Jr., also of Norfolk, in connection with the killing. Williams was charged with one count of murder and one count of using a firearm in the commission of a felony and was held at the Norfolk City Jail without bond pending court proceedings.