CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — It took the jury a little over three hours to reach verdicts for two men charged with killing a NoDa business owner back in 2019. Scott Brooks was robbed and killed as he opened Brooks’ Sandwich House, and now his brother says that during a week when we all give thanks, his family’s heart is full.
David Brooks, co-owner and Scott’s twin brother, says he’s grateful for how quickly the jury reached a decision. He knows it won’t bring his brother back, but he believes the guilty verdict sends an important message to the community.
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“He was larger than life to me, added David Brooks, the owner of Brooks’ Sandwich House. “And larger than life to a lot of other people.”
Close to six years after losing the man he called his hero. David Brooks told the judge and jury inside a Mecklenburg County courtroom, “Thank you.”…