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Dustin Joseph Minarik was 34 when he was shot and killed at his home on Kline Road in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 30, 2014. Neighbors say a CD release party nearby became chaotic when a group of teenagers arrived in a dark blue or green Grand Prix carrying shotguns. Minarik stepped outside to move his car and asked the teenagers to calm down; a shotgun blast struck him in the back and the shooters then fled.

Witnesses reported the teens grabbed firearms from the trunk before walking toward the party, and one was seen returning a shotgun to the trunk before they drove off. No arrests were made immediately after the shooting and the suspects remained at large. Minarik’s wife, Annie Minarik, was left to care for their three children; the community established a VyStar account to collect donations for the family.

What details about the car, the party, or the people involved might help identify the shooters — and can anyone who was at the CD release party or in the neighborhood that night add information?