Steven Smolensky, 52, a retired deputy sheriff from the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office who had served 25 years, was killed on November 30, 2021, in Weirsdale, Florida. Smolensky was working for Suburban Propane and was at a residence to make a delivery when Marion County deputies found him deceased from multiple gunshot wounds.

Investigators say Smolensky was confronted by 38-year-old Weirsdale resident Steven Alan Swearingen, who was armed with a handgun and prevented Smolensky from leaving or returning to his truck.

Swearingen was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and false imprisonment, and was booked without bond at the Marion County Jail. Does anyone have information about Smolensky’s final call or his delivery route that day?