Ernest Peterson, a 50-year-old African American man, was found dead in his home on Pleasant Valley Court in Orlando on January 26, 2021, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound. The Orlando Police Department responded and opened an investigation after the shooting occurred early that morning while Peterson was in bed.

Investigators arrested Peterson’s 25-year-old stepson, Ulysses Dickey, who was charged with first-degree murder with a firearm. An arrest affidavit described events leading up to the shooting and framed the incident as a domestic conflict that ended in this fatal shooting.

Family and friends remembered Peterson as a father, stepfather, and friend who enjoyed fishing and barbecuing. Does anyone in the Orlando area have information about Ernest, the household, or the events that led to that morning in January 2021?