On September 14, 2015 in Pickens, South Carolina, 65-year-old Dickie Ray Stewart was killed after going to check on his neighbor and friend, 75-year-old Bill Isaacs. Isaacs had earlier told police someone might have been shooting at his home and vehicles with a pellet gun; a detective visited and left to retrieve paperwork, and Isaacs then went for a walk. Stewart spotted Isaacs lying in a neighbor’s yard and called 911 for help.

While on the call Stewart approached Isaacs; the dispatcher heard a sudden bang, Stewart scream, then Stewart say he’d been shot and that Isaacs had shot him too, before his voice fell silent. Both men were found dead in the yard of their neighbor, 64-year-old Albert Bowen, who was arrested at his home and charged with two counts of murder within minutes of the shootings. Stewart was a husband of forty-four years, father and grandfather, remembered as a man of faith with a sparkling sense of humor who helped others.

Does anyone have information about Stewart, Isaacs, or what led to that morning’s violence?