On the evening of June 20, 2025, Christopher Brooks, 25, was shot inside a home on Avenue A in Port Allen while babysitting his nieces and nephews. First responders arrived around 8:45 p.m.; Brooks was transported to a local hospital but died of his injuries. Family members described him as a devoted caregiver and someone trying to better his life — he had enrolled in a welding class at Baton Rouge Community College and planned to work two jobs, and he had postponed a birthday trip to Texas with his girlfriend to stay with his sister’s children.

The Port Allen Police Department opened a homicide investigation that led to the arrest of a 15-year-old male, whose name was not released because of his age. Prosecutors announced plans to seek to try the juvenile as an adult on a second-degree murder charge, citing ballistics and DNA evidence and scheduling a hearing on whether he will be transferred to adult court.

Did anyone in the Port Allen area see or hear anything that night, or know more about Brooks’s movements before he went to the house?