Braxton Overton Brown

Death by Force

On March 23, 1992, 58-year-old Braxton Overton Brown, owner of West Point Grocery in Cullman, Alabama, was abducted during a robbery at his store. Witnesses reported seeing Brown with Max Landon Payne, who had been at the store earlier that evening. Payne took Brown to a bridge over Crooked Creek, where he shot Brown twice in the face with a shotgun, resulting in Brown's death.

Following the murder, Payne was arrested and charged with capital murder. In 1994, he was convicted on three c ...Read More

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Braxton Overton Brown, age 58 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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