Stephen Patrick Horton, 42, was shot and killed on August 25, 2021, on the front lawn of an apartment complex on Stevens Sausage Road in Smithfield, North Carolina. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene after authorities were called about 7 p.m. The shooting followed a domestic dispute with his brother, 27-year-old Joseph Earl Horton.

Investigators collected evidence and interviewed witnesses, then consulted the Johnston County District Attorney’s Office. At the time of those consultations no charges were filed against Joseph Horton and the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office continued its investigation. Stephen was born March 18, 1979, in Johnston County and worked in construction; he is survived by his parents Patricia Roberts and Jimmie Carol Horton, his daughter Morgan Haley, and siblings Ray Roberts, Jeremy Roberts, Jessica Haskins, and Joseph Earl Horton.

What can readers who knew Stephen or the family add about that evening or the relationship between the brothers?