Steven Mark Ricker, 41, was shot and killed in Leesburg, Florida, on January 29, 2015, at about 4:15 a.m. The shooting occurred at the Washington Street Apartments near Leesburg Regional Medical Center after Ricker was reported knocking on several doors in the complex and then tried to pull open the door of 28-year-old Jimmy Soto’s apartment. Soto, who was inside with his fiancée and two children, told Ricker to leave; when Ricker persisted, Soto shot him in the torso. Ricker was taken to Leesburg Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead about 90 minutes later.

Ricker’s mother, Del, said her son was not typically aggressive and had been struggling with alcoholism, expressing confusion about why he was knocking on doors that night. Police focused on the context of self-defense; Soto was not immediately arrested and investigators concluded he acted in defense of his family. The circumstances leading up to Ricker’s actions that night remain unclear.

Does anyone have information about Ricker’s movements that night or witnessed activity at the Washington Street Apartments around 4 a.m.?