On the morning of June 12, 2025, Carolyn Renee Brown, 66, a female from Richmond, was found gravely wounded on the sidewalk near Market Avenue and Sixth Street in North Richmond. First responders arrived around 10 a.m. after a medical call; despite attempts at first aid and CPR, Carolyn Renee Brown, 66, female, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities described the killing as a shooting, and the location remained cordoned off as investigators canvassed for witnesses and evidence in the
immediate aftermath.
Within days, the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office charged Terri Lowtrice James, 61, of Richmond, with the murder of Carolyn Renee Brown, 66, female. Prosecutors also filed a firearm enhancement for intentionally discharging a weapon causing great bodily injury and death, and added a count for being a felon in possession of a firearm, citing prior felony convictions; her bail was set at $1 million and she was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility. The charging announcement reaffirmed the basic sequence of events, while declining to state a motive.
Public records and victim memorial listings mark June 12, 2025, as the date Carolyn Renee Brown, 66, female, was lost to gun violence in Richmond. Local coverage and law-enforcement statements have not disclosed any relationship between the victim and the suspect or any further contextual details about why the shooting occurred, and investigators have not publicly released a motive. As of the most recent reports, the case against Terri Lowtrice James for the killing of Carolyn Renee Brown, 66, female, remains pending in Contra Costa County.
