Sherman Marcel Samuels, 32, was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the back of his head inside a vehicle on the 3500 block of W Silver Springs Boulevard in Ocala on August 18, 2021, around 3 a.m. Officers who responded found him slumped over from the driver’s seat onto the passenger seat; the shooting prompted a criminal investigation.

Investigators identified 27-year-old Tyre Patrick Meggie as the primary suspect. Eyewitness accounts and surveillance footage were cited in piecing together events. Meggie was found the next day hiding at the Sleep Inn & Suites near CR-484 and was treated for a gunshot wound he had sustained days earlier. He was charged with second-degree murder and held on $150,000 bond; the investigation remained active and police sought additional information from the public.

Does anyone have information about Samuels, his movements that night, or surveillance from the W Silver Springs Boulevard area that could help investigators?