This is the guy who woke up Westport by (allegedly) shooting people Sunday morning

By Justin Kendall in News

Mon., May. 4 2009 @ 3:50PM

This is Ricky Brooks.

Ricky L. Brooks

Jackson County prosecutors charged him with lighting up Westport with an assault rifle early Sunday morning. Court records say the shooting occurred around 2:40 a.m. after an argument between two women inside America's Pub, which continued in the Chili's parking lot near Westport Road and Mill Street, when a man entered the fray. Court records say the man retrieved a rifle from the trunk of a car and shot at least six rounds into a Suburban containing one of the women. One guy got shot in the leg, shattering his femur. The gunshots sent hundreds of people running and witnesses pointed to a green Chevy Caprice and fingered 30-year-old Brooks as the shooter. Police stopped the car and arrested Brooks after a short foot chase. Brooks allegedly had an assault rifle in his lap. Prosecutors charged Brooks with unlawful use of a weapon (drive-by shooting), three counts of assault and three counts of armed criminal action.