McLean, VA (September 3, 2024) - Wesley Brown grew up in a tough Maryland neighborhood. During his teenage years, he was stabbed in one incident and shot in another. He could have succumbed to the evil elements that surrounded him. But thanks to a loving family, Wesley did not let that happen. At the age of 20 he became a Maryland State Trooper. That same year, 2007, Wesley also launched a mentorship program for at-risk youth called, “Young Men Enlightening Younger Men.” For the next three years he was truly making a difference. Sadly, it all ended on June 11, 2010, when a drunken man brutally assassinated Trooper Brown in a cold-blooded, cowardly act of vengeance. Some 6,000 people attended Wesley’s funeral. It took three hours for two dozen speakers to eulogize this very special individual. One of the young men he mentored said, “It crushed me when he died, it was like losing a best friend. I became a squared-away young man thanks to Wesley.”
"Heroes Live Forever" - the story of Maryland State Trooper Wesley Brown