Florida HS Football Star KILLED In Craigslist Transaction GONE WRONG

Brian Brown, a Florida teen who had just graduated from North Miami Beach Senior High School and earned a full scholarship to play football at Merced College in California, was shot and killed this week in a Craigslist transaction gone horribly wrong.

Brown, 19, was shot three times in the back during a Craigslist transaction, according to relatives. The shooting was reported just after 3 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Northeast 177th Street and Ninth Avenue in North Miami Beach, FL., Miami-Dade Police said.

According to relatives, Brown advertised video games and a play station on Craigslist to sell. They said he went to meet the person who was going to buy the games and console from him when the shooting happened.

Brian Brown’s girlfriend drove him to Jackson North Medical Center. He was then transferred to Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, where he died. It is unclear as to whether or not the girlfriend rode along with Brown for the fatal transaction.

Brown was supposed to leave Florida to attend college in northern California on July 1.

Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 305-471-2400 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS. A reward of up to $3,000 is offered for information that leads to an arrest.