Roosevelt Thomas, a 60-year-old cook from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, was found dead in an apartment on South Parsons Avenue in Deland on July 13, 2019. Authorities treated the death as suspicious and later determined Thomas had been shot during an argument with Alonzo Harkness, the 25-year-old son of Thomas’s girlfriend, Hattie Gilchrist.

Harkness, who had a history of mental health problems and reportedly had not been taking medication, expressed suicidal thoughts and asked his mother to take him to a mental health facility. While Gilchrist was on the phone with dispatch, Harkness entered the room where Thomas was in bed, asked Thomas if he thought he was crazy, and then shot him multiple times. Harkness fled but was later taken into custody in Daytona Beach and charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

What information do readers have about Thomas’s life in New Smyrna Beach or his family that might shed light on him as a person?