Public Viewing Held for Slain State Trooper

Trooper Brown's funeral to be held Saturday

A public viewing is held Friday night at the Abyssinia Baptist Church in Capitol Heights for a Maryland state trooper gunned down outside a Prince George's County restaurant.

Trooper Wesley Brown was shot and killed June 11 outside the Applebee's in Forestville where he was working security.

Two men, Cyril Williams and Anthony Milton II, are charged with first-degree murder in his death.

Brown’s funeral will be held Saturday in Landover.

His friends and family have set up a scholarship fund in his name.

The TFC W. Brown Memorial Collegiate Youth Scholarship Fund will benefit members of the group Brown founded, Young Men Enlightening Younger Men.
 


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