Overview
- A Norfolk homicide detective testified that Flock license‑plate readers and surveillance tracked a blue Dodge Charger with a fake Maryland tag from near the shooting to a Walmart and nearby Wawa.
- Store footage showed two people making transactions at the Walmart, and the detective identified the second person as Cameron Brown after the Sept. 2, 2023 killing near Gate House Road and Majestic Avenue.
- Police arrested Anthony Pugh on Sept. 8 after the same Charger returned to the Walmart lot, where investigators later found a gun and a magazine full of rounds in the vehicle.
- Defense attorneys challenged the detective’s identification of Brown from the retail video and argued earlier reports did not name him, while maintaining Pugh was the shooter with a motive to seek leniency in another case.
- Records custodians from AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile explained how call logs and location data are obtained for investigations, following day‑one testimony that included police body‑camera video and emotional eyewitness accounts; Brown is charged with first‑degree murder, conspiracy and firearm offenses.