Olivia Brooks, an 8-year-old Black girl, was found shot to death alongside her mother, 39-year-old Doneisha Brooks, and cousin, 34-year-old Alonzo Hawkins, inside an apartment on the 300 block of Luther Drive in Georgetown, Texas, on the evening of September 13, 2025. Officers responding around 7:26–7:30 p.m. discovered all three victims with multiple gunshot wounds, a discovery that shook the community and drew assistance from the Texas Rangers, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, and
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Early statements from investigators emphasized that the attack did not appear random and that the shooter likely knew the family.
As relatives and friends mourned, details began to surface about the day leading up to the killings. Family accounts and local reports described a welfare check that led to the grim discovery and noted that Doneisha had recently moved to Central Texas seeking a fresh start. Public tributes remembered Olivia’s bright spirit and the family’s close bonds, while vigils and calls for information urged the community to help investigators piece together the final hours before the shootings.
Investigators soon focused on a man they said had a personal connection to the victims. On September 26, 2025, a Williamson County district judge signed an arrest warrant charging 26-year-old Raul Franco Jr. with capital murder in connection with the three deaths; the warrant was served the same day. Authorities said Franco—identified as the adult son of Doneisha Brooks’s roommate, who was out of state at the time—had been in custody since September 14 on an unrelated charge before being arrested on the capital murder warrant. Police also indicated that evidence, including interviews and surveillance footage, tied him to the crime and that the killings likely occurred on the morning of September 13.
News outlets reported that Franco knew the victims and that the case was not believed to pose an ongoing threat to the broader public. In the weeks after the arrest, coverage continued to chronicle the family’s grief, the city’s reassurances, and the formal charging announcements, while memorial pages recorded Olivia’s name among those lost to gun violence. The investigation has remained active, but by late September authorities had publicly confirmed the arrest and capital murder charge tied to Olivia’s death.
