On the night of December 8, 2016, 52-year-old William Schumacher, a seasonal UPS driver from Candor, New York, was fatally shot in the parking lot of a 24-hour Walmart in Ithaca at about 12:50 a.m. Schumacher had briefly stopped during his overnight shift to get something to eat when a man later identified as 38-year-old Justin Barkley of Dryden, New York, shot him. After the shooting, Barkley ran over Schumacher’s body with his vehicle and fled the scene.

Ithaca police located a vehicle matching the suspect description and pursued it to a residence in Dryden. Barkley reportedly fired once at officers as he exited his vehicle, then barricaded himself in the house, prompting an hours-long standoff involving a SWAT team and negotiators. After about nine hours Barkley surrendered and was taken into custody. He was charged with second-degree murder, held without bail, and court documents later indicated he confessed to the shooting.

Schumacher was remembered as a beloved father, grandfather, and friend. Does anyone have information about Schumacher’s last shift or the moments before the attack that could help clarify what happened?