Braylan La-Ron Erik Foster, 19, was shot multiple times in the chest and died on August 1, 2025, inside Klipz Barber Shop on the 2500 block of Mahoning Road NE in Canton, Ohio. First responders took him to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later; an obituary confirmed his identity, age, and date of death.

Investigators quickly identified 25-year-old Deontae K.V. McCollum as the suspected shooter. Police and court reports say McCollum left the scene, contacted officers by phone, then surrendered without incident near 19th Street and Market Avenue North. He was booked into the Stark County Jail on murder and felonious assault charges, held on $1 million bond, and initial coverage described him as working as a barber and asserting self-defense. The case was bound over from municipal court for grand jury review. On September 18, 2025, a Stark County grand jury declined to indict McCollum and the murder and felonious-assault charges were dropped.

What does anyone who knew Braylan or was in that neighborhood that day remember about the barber shop or the people involved?