Robert Marael Brooks, 20, was found dead of a gunshot wound inside a residence at 2940 Gleason Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, in the early morning hours of Friday, August 8, 2014. Police were alerted around 5 a.m., and the Muscogee County Coroner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene. His death was ruled a homicide and reported as the second such killing in Columbus that week.

Brooks, born June 20, 1994, to Dionne Henley and Robert Lewis Brooks, Jr., had attended Kendrick High School and was remembered by family and friends as sweet and loved. Investigators said an unknown number of suspects fired outside the Gleason Avenue home sometime before 5 a.m. A woman who was with Brooks that night was initially taken into custody; charges against her were later dismissed. No suspects have been publicly identified or arrested, and the case is listed among Columbus Police Department unsolved homicides.

If anyone knew Robert or has any information about what happened that morning, please come forward with tips for investigators.