Doneisha Brooks, 39, a Black woman, was found shot to death alongside her 8-year-old daughter, Olivia, and her cousin, 34-year-old Alonzo Hawkins, inside an apartment on the 300 block of Luther Drive in Georgetown, Texas, on the evening of Saturday, September 13, 2025. Officers arrived minutes after a 7:26 p.m. call and discovered all three had been shot multiple times. Investigators said early on that the crime did not appear random and that the victims likely knew the assailant.
In the days that followed, the loss rippled through Central Texas and the victims’ hometown community, with family members speaking publicly about their grief and the futures that were taken. Reporting identified the victims by name and age, describing a quiet apartment community jarred by the sudden violence and a family network leaning on one another while pleading for answers. A memorial fundraiser began circulating as relatives prepared to lay their loved ones to rest.
Police agencies including the Texas Rangers, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, and federal partners assisted Georgetown detectives as they worked leads gathered from interviews and surveillance. By late September, authorities announced the arrest of 26-year-old Raul Franco Jr., who was charged with capital murder in connection with the killings. Officials said Franco was known to the family—identified as the son of Brooks’ roommate, who was out of state at the time—and emphasized that the attack was not random. Records indicate Franco had initially been booked on unrelated charges shortly after the homicides before being rearrested on the capital murder warrant as evidence accumulated. The investigation remains active, but police have said there is no ongoing threat to the public.
Details released by local outlets and city statements place the killings on September 13, with the victims discovered that evening after multiple gunshots were reported inside the apartment. Community coverage and official updates consistently note the brutality of the attack and the close connection between the suspect and the victims, underscoring why detectives focused quickly on a person of interest linked to the household. As the case proceeds through the courts, the portrait that emerges from family and news accounts is of a mother devoted to her child and a cousin described as steadfastly loyal—lives cut short in a place they had hoped would offer a fresh start.
