On August 11, 2016, 19-year-old Johnathan Alexander Hoover was found shot to death at his home in Niceville, Florida. The incident occurred in the early morning at 304 Reeves Street, Lot E-8, in the Homestead Mobile Home Park. Witnesses said they were in the living room/kitchen area, smoking, listening to music and talking when a 9mm pistol appeared on the kitchen counter; Zachary Joseph Scott Maclean, 22, a visitor from Valparaiso, reportedly picked up the gun and shot Hoover in the head. A witness who had been in a bedroom ran to the living room after hearing the shot and saw Hoover bleeding heavily while Maclean stood holding the gun.

After the shooting Maclean gathered his belongings, urged witnesses to leave and fled the trailer on foot or by bicycle. Police located him later that morning; he was initially charged with a probation violation and by Thursday evening had been charged with manslaughter and booked into the Okaloosa County Jail. The gun was later identified as stolen from Okaloosa County, and that theft remained under investigation. The motive for the killing was not disclosed.

If anyone knew Johnathan Hoover, his movements that night, or has information about the stolen 9mm, please share what is known.