Detective Jeremy Brown

July 23, 2021

Detective Jeremy Brown was shot and killed while conducting surveillance at an apartment complex in the 3500 block of Northeast 109th Avenue in Vancouver.

He was approached by three people and was shot as he sat in his vehicle. Two subjects were arrested near the scene. The subject who shot Detective Brown was arrested by members of the United States Marshals Service on July 25th, 2021, and charged with first-degree aggravated murder.

Detective Brown had served with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office for 15 years and was assigned to the Clark-Vancouver Drug Task Force. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had previously served with the Washington State Department of Corrections and the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office in Montana.