Linville Curtis, a 54-year-old African American man from Lake City, Florida, was found shot and dead on February 13, 2020. Deputies responded to a report of a person shot in the 300 block of SW Donovan Glenn and discovered Curtis lying near a running vehicle with significant trauma to his upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Jacksonville for further examination.

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office immediately classified the death as a homicide and detectives took over the investigation. Authorities asked anyone who had contact with Curtis between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the day of his death to come forward.

Does anyone have information about Curtis’s movements or contacts in Lake City that afternoon?