Chavis Laron Brown was 20 when he was found dead in his Gary, Indiana, home on October 16, 2014. He died of multiple gunshot wounds; investigators found the house ransacked but saw no signs of forced entry, which led them to consider that he may have known his attacker or attackers. Reports say he was an avid video game player and may have been in the room where he often played when he was shot.

The investigation struggled with a lack of cooperative witnesses, which hindered efforts to reconstruct the events. Some reports indicated several arrests were made in connection with the case, but public information does not show any named suspects, formal charges, or convictions; the case is described as remaining unsolved. The motive and full circumstances behind Brown’s killing have not been made clear.