Loved ones pay tribute to man killed in ambush shooting

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Loved ones on Monday visited the resting place of a Jacksonville man killed in an ambush shooting earlier this year in Georgia. 

Monday would have been Jeremy Brookins' 31st birthday, so about a dozen family members and friends sang happy birthday and released 31 balloons at the Restlawn Cemetery on the Northside.

"We want to make sure that girls don't forget their dad, and we just want to come together in love and respect for him," said Vernoica Dixon-Brookins, Jeremy Brookins' mother.

Brookins was killed and a 29-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in March at a hotel in Waycross, Georgia. Veronica Dixon-Brookins, Brookins' mother, told News4Jax her son was part of the entourage for Jacksonville rap artist Yungeen Ace, who had performed at a concert at a nightclub before the shooting occurred.

Brookins leaves behind four daughters, one of whom was born after his death.