Overview
- Officers found Brown unresponsive inside a vehicle just before 5 p.m. in the 8000 block of First Avenue South in the South East Lake area.
- Three people were taken into custody, and two additional suspects are being held in the Birmingham City Jail pending formal charges.
- Police said the teen suspect has been charged with capital murder and with being a person forbidden to possess a firearm.
- Investigators reported preliminary evidence that Brown was robbed and shot and that the suspects left the scene.
- Detectives are canvassing for witnesses and surveillance footage, and they urged tips to homicide investigators or Crime Stoppers as the city enters 2026 after recording 88 homicides in 2025.