Overview
- Deputies responded to a 911 call and found an adult woman with a gunshot wound; first responders began life-saving measures but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
- According to investigators, Charles Brooks, 61, told deputies he retrieved a handgun, loaded and chambered a round, and that the gun discharged while he tried to separate his daughter and her mother.
- Brooks was arrested and charged with first-degree felony murder and is being held in the Parker County Jail with bond set at $2 million by Justice of the Peace Kelvin Miles.
- The Parker County Sheriff's Office says the shooting occurred at a residence near Azle on June 21 and that the Texas Rangers have joined the ongoing investigation.
- Authorities have not released the victim's name and officials say the probe is in its early stages with witness statements, ballistics, and forensic results still pending and likely to shape next steps.