Patrick Adam Thrower, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida, was shot multiple times in the chest and back at a Winter Haven home on December 11, 2017. Deputies found him critically injured; he was taken to Lakeland Regional Hospital, where he died of his wounds.

Investigators identified 32-year-old Johnny Ray Owsley Jr. as the primary suspect. Owsley arrived, confronted Thrower and demanded he leave; the confrontation moved outside, where Owsley shot Thrower multiple times and then fled in a green Dodge pickup truck. Owsley was considered armed and dangerous and a manhunt followed; about 11 days later he turned himself in and was arrested on first-degree murder charges. Owsley asserted he was defending his home and invoked Florida’s Stand Your Ground law during court proceedings.

Who knew Patrick Thrower or was in the Winter Haven area that night and can share what they remember?