Joshua Demps, a 32-year-old African American man from Starke, Florida, was shot in the head and killed on November 5, 2021, after a verbal altercation inside a vehicle on 1010 Brownlee Street.

McGowan was arrested and indicted on charges of first-degree murder and grand theft of a motor vehicle. A Bradford County grand jury found McGowan guilty; sentencing was scheduled for March 1, 2023, with a mandatory life sentence. Demps was remembered by family and the Starke community at a funeral service on November 20, 2021, at True Vine Outreach Ministries.

If anyone knew Joshua, was present that night, or has information about what happened on Brownlee Street, please share what is known.