Thomas Brewer

On the evening of February 18, 1956, Dr. Thomas Brewer, the prominent African-American physician and NAACP chapter founder victim, was fatally shot by Luico Flowers, the subject. The shooting took place in the F & B Department Store (the store), owned by the subject in Columbus, Georgia. According to the subject, he shot the victim when the victim reached into the left pocket of his trousers as though intending to draw a gun.