Cherri Brooks, 36, was fatally shot in the early hours of March 4, 2024, inside a motel room at the Relax Inn, 2211 NE 23rd Street in Oklahoma City. Brooks, a Black/African American mother of three, was transported to a local hospital for emergency surgery but died of gunshot wounds to her chest and abdomen; her mother later said Brooks bled to death.

Within two hours of the shooting, law enforcement arrested two teenage brothers in Edmond in connection with the killing: 19-year-old Zaviare Swain and 18-year-old Demarion Swain. A third suspect, 20-year-old Michael Gaunt, was identified and had fled the state; all three were charged with first-degree murder.

The case raises questions about what led to the fatal encounter inside the motel room and about the roles of the three accused. If anyone witnessed activity at the Relax Inn that night or has information about Brooks, the suspects, or the events inside the room, please come forward.