A quiet Friday in North Nashville was shattered on January 12, 2018, when a domestic dispute escalated into a rampage that left three people dead, including 70-year-old Vietnam veteran Robert Payne. Brooks then carjacked Robert Payne and shot him during the carjacking, killing the elderly veteran.

Brooks was quickly identified as the suspect and later arrested. The case record states he pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder covering the deaths of the two children and Robert Payne. The plea resolves the criminal case, but the motive for the deadly sequence that day is described as largely unanswered in the aftermath.

If anyone knew Robert Payne, his routines in North Nashville, or saw anything on January 12, 2018 that could shed light on the events, please share what is known.