Freddie Lee Cason Sr., 89, was found dead in his Fort Walton Beach home on the morning of June 17, 2015, after police responded around 5:24 a.m. to a report of a man barricaded inside a house on Hollywood Boulevard. Officers entered after negotiating with the person inside and discovered Cason had sustained a fatal gunshot wound.

A relative was present at the scene and was detained for questioning while the Fort Walton Beach investigations unit and the State Attorney’s Office took part in the inquiry. Investigators worked to determine whether the shooting was accidental or intentional; the case had not been officially ruled a homicide in initial reports. Cason was a retired brick mason who had also worked in civil service at Eglin Air Force Base and had lived in the same home for more than 40 years.

Does anyone in the community have information about what happened that morning or about the relative who was detained?