Dequavious LeCharles Brooks was 17 when he was shot and killed during a triple homicide on the morning of Friday, October 24, 2025, in the 1000 block of Hackberry Street in Nacogdoches, Texas. Police responding around 10:20–10:30 a.m. found two victims inside a black car and a third in the roadway; one person was pronounced dead at the scene and two later died at a hospital. Authorities identified Brooks and 18-year-old Edward Alejandro Rivera as two of the victims; the third victim was later identified as 16-year-old Emilio Perez.

Nacogdoches police described the incident as appearing targeted and isolated, and investigators quickly named 17-year-old Hector Cuarenta as a suspect. An arrest warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon was issued the same day, and Cuarenta was located and arrested over the following weekend and taken to the Nacogdoches Law Enforcement Center. Officials said detectives were piecing together motive and the chain of events and continued follow-up interviews and forensic work.

Brooks’s death was noted in regional and memorial listings in the days after the shooting as the community grieved multiple young lives lost. If anyone knew Dequavious Brooks or has information about the events on Hackberry Street that morning, please share what you know.