Thomas Trent, a 54-year-old homeless man, was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, on June 28, 2014. He was found in the early morning hours near an abandoned restaurant on the Westside with a gunshot wound to the head. Initial impressions did not immediately treat the death as foul play, but surveillance footage from nearby businesses later became central to identifying those involved.

Video showed two boys near the scene; one, identified as 12-year-old Sharron Sherman Townsend, was captured walking and later running through an alley with his face covered. Witnesses, including another homeless man known as Wolverine, said Trent had endured months of harassment from the boys — thrown objects, being urinated on, and drinks poured on him — which reportedly escalated to the fatal shooting. Townsend was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

In 2017 Townsend received a 30-year prison sentence, with review after 15 years, plus 10 years probation and required psychiatric evaluation. Does anyone have information about Trent’s life on the Westside or about the months of harassment leading up to that morning?