James Rufus Elswick, 57, was shot and killed on July 19, 2018, at a residence on Olson Road in Spring Hill, Florida. Neighbors reported hearing two loud pops and saw a woman running out screaming for help. Elswick, described as a kind and hardworking man, did not survive the attack.

The shooter was identified as 59-year-old Theodore Antonia Parker, who had earlier shot Tonya Haseman in Pasco County; Haseman survived. After killing Elswick, Parker went to a Spring Hill smoke shop and attempted a robbery, exchanging gunfire with clerk Richard Webb Jr. Both men were wounded; Parker later died and Webb was hospitalized and expected to recover. Authorities said the motive remains unclear though they believe Parker knew his victims.

James Rufus Elswick is survived by his mother Shirley, two sons James Jr. and Tony, a grandson Ezra James, two sisters Patricia and Diane, and a brother Eddie. Did anyone in the Spring Hill area have information about Elswick or his connections to Parker?