It started out as a family quarrel Texas A father allegedly shot and killed his family, ending in tragedy daughter During a domestic dispute, also on Father’s Day.
Who is Charles Todd Brooks?
Charles Tod Brooks, 61, was arrested and charged with murder Park County deputies responded to a home in Azle on Sunday and found his daughter, Rebecca Bailey Brooks, suffering from a gunshot wound.
Medics immediately began administering life-saving measures such as CPR, but the 25-year-old man was pronounced dead at his residence on Antler Ridge Court, authorities said. newsweek.
Brooks was charged with first-degree murder and remained in the Park County Jail early Tuesday on $2 million bail.
It was unclear whether he had retained an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
according to a Facebook Investigators quickly determined that the victim’s father, Charles Brooks, was responsible for the fatal shooting, according to a release from the Park County Sheriff’s Office. Park County Precinct 1 Magistrate Judge Kelvin Myers set Brooks’ bail at $2,000,000, the post said.
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How the shooting unfolded
Investigators learned that Charles Brooks shot his daughter during a physical altercation with her mother at their home, according to police. “Mr. Brooks admitted that he retrieved a handgun, loaded it and fired one shot before attempting to separate the two women,” Sheriff’s Office officials said in a statement.
The Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook that statements from those involved indicated that the victim and her mother got into a physical altercation inside the residence.
On June 21, 2026, the Park County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a shooting at Azler’s residence in northeast Park County.
When staff arrived at the scene, they quickly found the victim and immediately took life-saving measures. Medic 71 and Fire Rescue then arrived and took over CPR and other life-saving efforts, but despite their efforts, were unable to save the victim, the post said.
It’s unclear what sparked the initial dispute between Rebecca Bailey Brooks and her mother
“Sheriff Russ O’Tier said the Sheriff’s Office sends its condolences and prayers to the victim’s family and loved ones,” officials said in a statement.
