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Jimmy Lee Brooks, 36, Sentenced for Domestic Altercation and Shooting in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jimmy Lee Brooks, 36, of Oklahoma City, has been sentenced to serve 235 months in federal prison for unlawful possession of ammunition as a felon and witness tampering, announced United States Attorney Robert Troester.
Brooks’s sentencing followed a three-day trial that began on April 27, 2021. At trial, evidence showed that on March 18, 2020, Brooks fired eight rounds at his girlfriend’s vehicle as she fled from him following a domestic altercation that occurred at a beauty supply store in northeast Oklahoma City, blocks away from the Oklahoma Capitol.
Evidence also showed that during the altercation, Brooks brandished a large knife and then retrieved a firearm from his vehicle as she fled the scene in a different vehicle. Upon retrieving the firearm, Brooks fired shots at the second vehicle as it drove away, striking his girlfriend. Investigators retrieved shell casings at the scene of the shooting.
Following the shooting, Brooks sought to corruptly persuade his girlfriend to recant statements that she had made to investigators implicating Brooks in the shooting.
Brooks was previously convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, and has several felony convictions in the District Court for Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, including possession of a sawed-off shotgun, possession of a controlled dangerous substance, and aggravated assault and battery.
On January 28, 2022, U.S. District Judge Charles B. Goodwin sentenced Brooks to serve 120 months in prison as to his felon-in-possession-of-ammunition charge, and 235 months as to the witness tampering charge, to be served concurrently and to be followed by 3 years of supervised release.
This case is the result of an investigation by the Oklahoma City Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Nick Coffey and Charles Brown prosecuted the case.
This case is part of ‘Operation 922,’ the Western District of Oklahoma’s local implementation of the Project Safe Neighborhoods violent crime initiative to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws. ‘Operation 922’ prioritizes prosecution of federal gun crimes connected to domestic violence.
Mandatory Facts:
- Defendant: Jimmy Lee Brooks
- Criminal Charges: Unlawful possession of ammunition as a felon and witness tampering
- City and State: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Exact Date: March 18, 2020 (crime date), April 27, 2021 (trial date), January 28, 2022 (sentencing date)
- Sentence: 235 months in federal prison, to be served concurrently with 120 months in prison for felon-in-possession-of-ammunition charge, followed by 3 years of supervised release
Key Facts
- State: Oklahoma
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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