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Derwin Brown | |
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Born | Fort Knox, Kentucky, U.S. | June 22, 1954
Died | December 15, 2000 Decatur, Georgia, U.S. | (aged 46)
Cause of death | Shooting |
Occupation(s) | Law enforcement officer, politician |
Years active | 1977–2000 |
Spouse |
Phyllis Brown (died 2006) |
Children | Brandy Brown-Rhodes, Robert Brown, Michael Brown, Maurice Douglas (died January 6, 2012), and Marlon Robinson |
Derwin Brown (June 22, 1954 – December 15, 2000) was an American police captain and the sheriff-elect of DeKalb County, Georgia, who was assassinated on the evening of December 15, 2000 on the orders of defeated rival Sidney Dorsey.