Sincere Dakar Brooks, 19, was fatally shot on November 16, 2022, near North 49th and Miami Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Responding officers found Brooks with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. A celebration of his life was held on November 26, 2022, at Braman Mortuary Southwest Chapel.

The community held a prayer vigil after the shooting to honor Brooks and call for an end to violence; Pastor Bruce Williams of Hope of Glory Church organized the vigil and spoke about the need for solutions to prevent such tragedies. On December 5, 2022, Omaha police arrested 18-year-old Kevin Thornton and charged him with first-degree murder and possession of a stolen firearm in connection with Brooks’s death.

Brooks was preceded in death by his grandmother Gwendolyn Clemons Handsome and grandfathers Rev. L.D. Clemons and Alonzo Brooks. He is survived by his mother Dorothy Brooks; father Courtney Browder; sister Destinee Bradford; and grandmother Brenda Brooks. Does anyone have information about this shooting or knew Sincere and can help fill in what happened that night?