An Oak Park man was shot to death following a reported altercation with his brother Sunday afternoon, according to village authorities.
Oak Park police responded to reports of a shooting at a home in the 400 block of South Ridgeland Avenue at approximately 1:47 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2. Responding officers found 26-year-old Anthony Brooks unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head before Oak Park Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene shortly after, according to a village spokesperson.
Police took the victim’s brother Miles Brooks, 23, into custody at the scene. The caller who reported the shooting had told police that the younger Brooks had shot his brother in the head following an altercation inside of their shared home, according to the village.
Oak Park officers took Miles Brooks into custody and brought him to the police station from the scene without incident. He has since been charged with first-degree murder and is currently being held pending a detention hearing that will be held at the Circuit Court of Cook County’s Fourth Municipal District courthouse in Maywood, according to the village.
The Oak Park Police Department was assisted by the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force and the Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services.
The incident is the second fatal shooting in Oak Park this year.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
