Franklin Williams, 46, of Starke, Florida, was shot on August 21, 2019 at 978 Old Lawtey Road and died at Shands Starke Regional Medical Center from a gunshot wound to the chest. Law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting at the address and Williams succumbed to his injuries despite lifesaving efforts.

Investigators identified 26-year-old Antonio Antwain Butler of Jacksonville as the primary suspect. Butler was located by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in a Jacksonville Westside neighborhood and arrested on a charge of second-degree murder; he was being held at the Duval County Pretrial Detention Facility pending extradition to Bradford County. Police said physical evidence and witness testimony were part of the case, and that Starke PD, together with Bradford County and Union County SWAT teams, had executed a search warrant on the same block a week before the shooting.

Who in the Starke community might have seen or heard something important around 978 Old Lawtey Road on or around August 21, 2019?