Octavious Symone Brooks, a 23-year-old African American man, was killed in Memphis, Tennessee; his date of death is reported as April 11, 2019. Investigations tied his death to gang-related violence and an ongoing feud between rival groups in the city.

Court documents and evidence presented at trial linked three men identified as members of the Hoover Criminal Gang to Brooks’s murder: 32-year-old Markell Young, 27-year-old Octavius Ferguson, and 25-year-old Jordan Powell, all described as being from Gibson County, Tennessee. Those three were convicted following a trial that examined their roles in the killing.

The case underscores the deadly reach of gang conflicts in the Memphis area and the impact on Brooks’s family and community. If anyone knew Octavious Brooks or has information about the events leading up to April 11, 2019, please come forward.