‘Shane was the glue that held our family together’: Shane Brooks family speaks out after he was killed last week

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach family is mourning the loss of a 26-year-old man who died in a shooting early March 5, as police charge a 19-year-old woman with involuntary manslaughter.

The family of 26-year-old Shane Brooks told 13News Now he was the glue that held them together.

According to Virginia Beach court documents, emergency communications received a call shortly after 1 a.m. from 19-year-old Ember McSpadden, who reported she had shot her partner while they were playing a game…

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