Justice For Colton

08/21/2026

🙏 Prayers up for Justice for Colton. Prayers for truth, justice, and accountability — so that other lives may be saved. If you don’t pray, please send positive thoughts our way. 💜

08/18/2026

Sharing this again because the Patient Care Report (PCR) is vitally important and should always be reviewed carefully for accuracy and completeness. And despite misinformation being spread, it is NOT a HIPAA violation for a patient to obtain their own PCR report, or for the legal next of kin or authorized representative of a deceased patient to request it.

EKG strips should be attached, but Davidson County, NC - Government and Davidson County EMS are saying there are no EKG strips for Colton. Colton was pronounced deceased in the back of the ambulance after starting with a strong pulse - with no call to medical control and no EKG strips. Do not believe everything you are told. It’s important to check all the facts and get all documentation from the scene including CAD reports and 911 audio.

08/18/2026

Jason Eyerly thinks he’s God! The comments on my AirCare post should scare everyone. A lot of EMS showed their true colors and it’s not pretty. Jason deleted his comment but they’ve been documented. There’s also a Benjamin Warren whom I think is in EMS in NC and I’m working on confirming that. He was arguing with everyone and then he left the comment below.

To the commenter whose post disappeared when I blocked someone else in the thread:
You did not know my son, so please don’t tell me what Colton would want. I know he would want me to keep fighting until there is accountability.

And NCOEMS being “hard on paramedics”? I strongly disagree. Families are re-victimized when oversight agencies fail to hold people accountable. If accountability were truly that strong, so many EMS personnel wouldn’t feel so comfortable attacking grieving families on social media while their own social media policies exist for a reason.




NC Department of Health and Human Services

08/17/2026

PROTOCOLS ARE PROTOCOLS. LAND. WATER. AIR. FOLLOW THEM. ACCOUNTABILITY BEGINS WITH FOLLOWING PROTOCOL - AND WITH THE AGENCIES INVOLVED HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE.

08/16/2026

𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘

The point of my original post was simple: 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮’𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱.

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁, 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲.

I questioned why the fire department did not launch AirCare before EMS arrived. Once EMS arrived, the paramedic in charge controlled that decision.

On body-camera footage, a firefighter asks her, “You don’t want to call AirCare, do you?” Her stated reason for declining AirCare was an estimated extrication time of less than 10 minutes.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁.

The Air Transport protocol also addresses whether air transport can decrease transport time OR provide advanced care unavailable from ground EMS.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹.

Some have argued that CPR and other resuscitative efforts can be difficult in certain airframes. But Colton was not receiving the care he needed on the ground.

𝗡𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝘆𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗡𝗼 𝗖𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗰 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗡𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱.

That is why the independent 25-year paramedic who reviewed the body-camera footage and records concluded that, in Colton’s particular case, AirCare “would have made all the difference” because he would have received the care he was not receiving from the ground crew.

AirCare had already been placed on standby. Former Davidson County Emergency Services Director Larry James publicly stated that AirCare could be on scene “in a matter of minutes.”

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹 — 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁.
𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗢𝗟.


Davidson County, NC - Government

08/15/2026

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣.

For three years, I have dealt with people coming onto this page to attack me, attack my family, insult my intelligence, mock the death of my 22-year-old son, blame Colton for his own death, and attempt to discredit me for speaking publicly about what happened to him.

𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛.

This harassment does not change what happened at the scene. It does not change the body-camera footage. It does not change the records. It does not change the documented care Colton did and did not receive.

𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘.

For clarity, Justin Russell has now been blocked from this page. His comments have been preserved. This post is not solely about him. It applies to anyone who believes they can come onto a page dedicated to my deceased son, make false factual accusations, attack my family, question my mental capacity, or attempt to intimidate me into silence.
From this point forward, I am intensifying my efforts to hold people accountable. I am preserving screenshots, names, dates, comments, and other relevant information. Where appropriate, cease-and-desist letters will be sent, and I am prepared to pursue available remedies in civil court.

𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗠𝗘, 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗬, 𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗡, 𝗕𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗙𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧.

For three years, personal attacks and blame have been used to deflect attention away from what happened at that scene. It will not work.
You do not have to agree with me. You do not have to follow this page. But you do not get to harass me or my family in an effort to silence us.

The truth may be uncomfortable. I will not stop speaking it to make anyone else comfortable.

𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛.
𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬.
𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘.

08/13/2026

⭐️⭐️⭐️ 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘅𝘆𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗰 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱.

𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 “𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.”

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝘆𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱.

Wallburg Fire Department arrived approximately five minutes before Davidson County EMS. What happened during those five minutes matters.

My son Colton was unconscious, but he had a pulse. AirCare had been placed on standby. Yet AirCare was never launched to Colton.

Why?

The concerns I discuss in this video go far beyond AirCare. The Wallburg Fire Department report makes its involvement sound very limited - cutting Colton's seatbelt and turning him over to EMS. But the body-camera footage shows much more happening during the removal of my unconscious son from that vehicle.

One of the first statements heard on the body-camera footage is a Wallburg Fire Department responder saying, “We have a bag of bones here.”

Later, while Colton still had a pulse, the Davidson County EMS paramedic in charge can be heard saying that Colton would probably lose his pulse when they pulled him from the vehicle.

Think about that.

He still had a pulse. They were anticipating that he might lose it. Yet these are the words being spoken while my 22-year-old son lay unconscious as a trauma patient.

The footage also raises serious questions for me about his airway, spinal precautions during removal, and why AirCare which had already been placed on standby was never utilized.

First responders should never forget that an unconscious patient may still hear what is being said around them. Speak with urgency. Speak with compassion. Speak life over your patient.

Wallburg Fire Department was there approximately five minutes before EMS. I believe their response deserves scrutiny too.

And yes, as a taxpayer, it is extremely difficult knowing that some of my tax dollars support an agency whose response to my son that night continues to leave me with so many unanswered questions.

This isn't about attacking firefighters. It's about accountability, proper training, and making sure the next trauma patient receives every possible chance to survive.

Colton deserved that chance!

08/13/2026

November 16, 2016 - nearly six years before my son Colton's accident.

This article explains that AirCare 1 was based at the Davidson County Airport in Lexington and that Davidson County communications could check the status and availability of AirCare based on the initial dispatch.

So I continue to ask:

Why wasn't AirCare utilized for my 22-year-old son on August 2, 2022?

We know from the CAD/911 records that AirCare was placed on standby that night. That means AirCare was already being considered and alerted - potentially allowing an even faster response if it had been launched.

Colton was unconscious, but he had a pulse. Time mattered. Airway management mattered. Rapid transport mattered.

According to this article, AirCare could be on scene “in a matter of minutes.”

Why was AirCare put on standby, but never utilized for Colton?

It could have made all the difference.

Nearly four years later, we still deserve an answer.

Wake Forest Baptist's AirCare program has responded to approximately 20,000 critical injury calls since its inception.

08/06/2026

I've talked about the 21 minutes - 21 minutes where my 22-year old son, Colton, went without oxygen.

Now I want to talk about the 2 minutes.

Just before the ambulance doors closed, responders can be heard saying Colton still had a pulse.

Then the doors shut.

During those two minutes, according to the records I've obtained, an undocumented EMS Captain at the scene pronounced Colton deceased. No CPR was attempted. No call was made to medical control. No EKG strips were documented. There were no EMS body cameras recording what happened inside the ambulance.

The Patient Care Report documented only the QRV vehicle. It did not document Captain Jim Davis' involvement.

After my public records requests, Davidson County acknowledged Captain Jim Davis was at the scene in the QRV but said they did not know how he assisted. Later, during a visit with one of Colton's friends to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, we learned that Captain Davis was the one who pronounced Colton deceased.

How does an EMS Captain pronounce a patient deceased and that role never make it into the official patient care record?

The 21 minutes deserve scrutiny.

So do these 2.

Please email Tom Mitchell, Chief of the North Carolina Office of EMS, at [email protected], and ask him the same question. Please also ask him to reopen a proper investigation into what happened to Colton Brown on the night of August 2, 2022.







Davidson County, NC - Government
Davidson County Sheriff's Office
NC Department of Health and Human Services
NC Department of Justice and Attorney General's Office
Jeff Jackson
Governor Josh Stein
Senator Steve Jarvis
Larry Potts - Political

Davidson County Sheriff's Office

08/05/2026

For every person who doesn't speak up, another person could die.
(Cookie Groover)