Brandon Browne loved sports. He played baseball and soccer as a child, football and basketball in jr. high and high school. Brandon graduated from Coronado High School in Colorado Springs in 1999. He hung drywall with his dad, Lance Browne, for three years. Brandon’s last job was at DMS Custom Counter Tops. He loved children and his heart’s desire was to marry and have a family. But Brandon wanted to have a good career and a house before he married.
Brandon was known as a quiet person. “When he spoke, people stopped to listen,” said his mother, Marla Browne.
In the early morning hours of November 26, 2004, Brandon was with friends in a Denny’s Restaurant parking lot on North Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs. Brandon’s friends got into a verbal altercation with others. Brandon, who was
standing several yards away talking to his girlfriend and her sister at their car, was shot once in the chest. The shooter and another male fled before police arrived.
The twenty-three-year-old victim was taken to Memorial Hospital where he died.
In addition to his parents, Brandon is survived by two sisters and a niece.
If you have information regarding this murder, please call Detective Richard Gysin, 719-444-7500. Or, if you wish to remain anonymous and qualify for a reward, call Crime Stoppers: 719-634-7867.