Shawn Allen Brookins, 27, was shot and killed inside his Penn Hills home in the early morning hours of June 14, 2022. Police and medics were called just before 2 a.m. to a residence on the 200 block of Crescent Pines Drive; Brookins was found dead inside. Early reports identified him as being from Verona. Homicide detectives with Allegheny County police took over the investigation after Penn Hills officers responded.

Court details reported after the investigation moved forward say the power went out about 1:48 a.m., prompting Brookins to go to the basement to check. Moments later his longtime girlfriend heard two gunshots and then saw two people fleeing the house, leaving Brookins fatally wounded.

Allegheny County police arrested Brandin Demonde Jackson on July 29, 2022, charging him with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit homicide and burglary. A second man, Raquan Jackson, was charged in October 2022 with conspiring in the killing; police said phone data, GPS from Raquan Jackson’s vehicle and license plate reader cameras linked him to the crime and described him as the getaway driver. Prosecutors later said Brandin Jackson was one of two people who killed Brookins and that a third suspect had not been charged. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the county tip line.