Jonathan Brookin, 32, was shot and killed at his home on Sayres Drive in Marrero, Louisiana, on the evening of Monday, January 27, 2025. A father of five, Brookin was remembered by family as funny, energetic, and outrageous; he worked as a truck driver and had been a football player and tuba player at Helen Cox High School. Two of his young children, ages five and six, were found physically unharmed but hiding under a bed at the scene.

Investigators focused on a recent, contentious relationship with an ex-girlfriend, Subrina Honore of New Orleans. Brookin’s family said the couple had split after less than a year together amid disputes including Brookin’s doubts about paternity and alleged social media threats by Honore in the days before the shooting. Within a day of the killing, Honore, 32, and 31-year-old Arthur Thomas of Marrero were arrested and booked on second-degree murder and obstruction of justice charges and held without bail. A later superseding indictment added 32-year-old Jatary Joseph and 34-year-old Jjaun Jasmin on the same charges.

What details about Brookin’s final hours or the people involved might help fill gaps in this case?