Family members speak out after losing loved ones in Georgetown triple homicide
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Three family members, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed in Georgetown Saturday night.

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Family members in Mansfield, Texas, are mourning the loss of three loved ones, including an 8-year-old girl, who were killed in a triple homicide in Georgetown Saturday night.

Georgetown police say they were called to an apartment on Luther Drive around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, along the Interstate 35 Frontage Road, near Leander Road. When they arrived at the scene, police say they found the bodies of three victims with multiple gunshot wounds inside.

The victims were identified as 34-year-old Alonzo Hawkins, 39-year-old Doneisha Brooks, and Doneisha Brooks’ 8-year-old daughter, Olivia Brooks.

Their loved ones say that Hawkins was nicknamed “Trouble” by his family, and Doneisha Brooks was nicknamed “D.”

Doneisha Brooks’ family says she and her daughter moved from Mansfield to Central Texas for a fresh start.

“Olivia was her world, and she would have done anything. She was a mama bear. She would have protected Olivia with everything,” Kayla Brooks, Doneisha Brooks’ sister-in-law and Olivia Brooks’ aunt, said. “She was our glue. She was our kind of, like our matriarch for the family.”

Alma Ford, a cousin of Doneisha Brooks and Alonzo Hawkins, talked about what she’ll always remember about Hawkins.

“Alonzo, he was funny,” Ford said. “He kept you laughing even when you [were] sad. He knew how to make you laugh with his jokes.”

Joe Brooks, Doneisha Brooks’ brother and Olivia Brooks’ uncle, said Hawkins also followed his cousin to Central Texas. 

“‘D brought him to Georgetown to get him a better life,” Joe Brooks said. 

Those dreams have now been dashed, and family members are devastated, especially considering Olivia Brooks’ age. 

“Who can take the life of a baby? She didn’t do anything wrong. Nothing. Nothing. She was so smart, so loved,” Kayla Brooks said. “There’s just no words. We’re all living a dream, and we want to wake up and see them again.”

Investigators believe the suspect knew the victims. Police have identified a person of interest, but no arrests have been made as of this story’s publication. The Texas Rangers, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are assisting in the investigation.

“We want the justice for all three, but at the same time, it’s a child,” Ford said. “She did not deserve … She didn’t deserve it.”

As investigators search for answers, the family says that is all they have left to wait for.

“We’re trying to pick up the pieces, and we don’t even know if we can pick up the pieces anymore,” Kayla Brooks said. “We don’t know what we’re going to do. An integral part of our family is gone.”

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Georgetown Police Department at 512-930-3510 or submit a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers online or by calling 1-800-252-8477.

The family has also started a GoFundMe page to help with funeral expenses. Anyone interested in donating can do so here.

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