In 2013, a 14-year-old boy named Nathon Brooks walked into his parents' bedroom and shot each of them in the head while they slept. Amazingly, both parents survived the vicious and, for most of us, incomprehensible attack. What could possibly explain Nathon's actions? Featuring first-hand accounts of the crime by Nathon and his mother and dad, I Shot My Parents tells the harrowing tale of the Brooks family's journey as all three struggle to come to terms with Nathon's attempted murders – and to understand why he squeezed the trigger.

In 2013, a 14-year-old boy named Nathon Brooks walked into his parents' bedroom and shot each of them in the head while they slept. Amazingly, both parents survived the vicious and, for most of us, incomprehensible attack. What could possibly explain Nathon's actions? Featuring first-hand accounts of the crime by Nathon and his mother and dad, I Shot My Parents tells the harrowing tale of the Brooks family's journey as all three struggle to come to terms with Nathon's attempted murders – and to understand why he squeezed the trigger.