In the early morning hours of a Tuesday in Easley, South Carolina, a grim discovery was made in the yard of a home on West B Avenue. Responding to a call about a suspicious person around 5:30 a.m. on May 14, 2024, officers found the body of a man who was not a resident of the home. The man, identified as 24-year-old Kavyza Brown, had been shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Brown, a resident of a nearby apartment on North 3rd Street, was a father to two children, Kassidy and Mason Brown.
The investigation into the death of the male victim quickly evolved as the Easley Police Department, along with the Pickens County Coroner's Office and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, began to piece together the events that led to his death. The community was left shaken by the violent act, and authorities began a search for the person responsible for the fatal shooting. The motive for the shooting was not immediately clear, and information about the circumstances leading up to the incident was not readily available. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed to confirm the cause of death.
A significant development in the case came when a suspect turned himself in to the Easley Police Department. Thomas King, a 35-year-old man, was taken into custody and charged in connection with the death of Kavyza Brown. The charges brought against King included murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and commission of a crime while on bond or pre-trial release for a violent crime. Following his arrest, King was held at the Easley Police Department as he awaited a bond hearing.
