Michael Tron Hofacker, 39, of Ocklawaha, Florida, was fatally shot on November 28, 2020, in the 3200 block of S. Highway 314A around 7:30 p.m. He was walking with a friend when a vehicle driven by 44-year-old Jennifer Sue Hill of Silver Springs stopped and Hill, mistakenly identifying Hofacker as someone else, shot him in the head. Hofacker was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center and died the following day.

Hill was arrested on November 29, 2020, and charged with second-degree murder. She said she thought she saw something black in Hofacker’s hand and believed it to be a gun. Witnesses and investigators found Hofacker was unarmed and did not pose a threat, and Hill gave inconsistent statements. The case was prosecuted by Assistant State Attorneys Sasha Kidney and Wynn Vickers. On December 13, 2023, a jury found Hill guilty of second-degree murder; her sentencing hearing is scheduled for February 1, 2024.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Michael Hofacker, please come forward.