Jason Bryan Horton, 25, was shot and killed during a violent home invasion at his Dandy Avenue residence in Jacksonville on January 9, 2017. A masked intruder armed with a gun forced entry around 9:45 a.m. Horton struggled with the gunman; both were shot. Horton was taken to UF Health Jacksonville with critical injuries and later died.

That same day Clifford Anthony Williams, 37, arrived at Orange Park Medical Center with a gunshot wound and gave an account that investigators found inconsistent. Detectives located the person who had driven Williams to the hospital and learned Williams had been picked up near the scene. A handgun recovered at the home and inside the vehicle connected Williams to the incident, and he was arrested after hospital release and charged with Horton’s murder. Reports say the two men had no prior connection and the invasion appeared random.

Anyone who knew Jason Horton or witnessed activity on Dandy Avenue that morning is asked to come forward with information.