Timothy Victor Brooks, 45, was shot and killed in North Sacramento in the early hours of Saturday, January 24, 2026. Officers responded about 12:30 a.m. to the 900 block of Eleanor Avenue after reports of gunfire and found Brooks suffering from at least one gunshot wound. He was treated at the scene, taken to a nearby hospital, and later died of his injuries.

Homicide detectives are investigating and have not released a motive while they work to reconstruct the events that led to Brooks’s death.

If anyone saw or heard anything in the 900 block of Eleanor Avenue around 12:30 a.m. on January 24, 2026, or has information about this shooting, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.