An attorney representing Robert Brooks' family says the Onondaga Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide.

The death of Robert Brooks, a Black man brutally beaten by corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility, was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests to be made after an autopsy report determined Black inmate Robert Brooks’ fatal beating at the hands of correctional officers in December to be a homicide.

An autopsy report has determined that Robert Brooks, a Black inmate in New York who was brutally beaten by correctional officers, died by homicide.

"I believe the legal process must quickly move forward with criminal charges being filed and arrests being made,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

The death of Robert Brooks, a man from Greece who died after being fatally beaten by corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility on Dec. 9, has been ruled a homicide, according to the Onondaga County Medical Examiner.

The death of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated man beaten at Marcy Correctional Facility, has been ruled a homicide, according to the family’s attorney. Now, Governor Kathy Hochul is calling for charges to be filed,

The death of a shackled inmate at a central New York State prison late last year has been ruled a homicide, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Robert Brooks, 43, was brutally beaten with his hands tied behind his back by corrections officers while in custody at Marcy Correction Facility on Dec.

The Police Accountability Board and community organizers hold community forum as a call for change after Robert Brooks' death.

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said the autopsy results in the death of Robert Brooks, who was beaten by prison guards, should prompt the swift filing of criminal charges.