On February 4, 2025, at about 5:58 p.m., officers were called to a mobile home park in the 2900 block of New Tampa Highway in Lakeland, Florida, after a reported shooting. Joseph Gray, a 49-year-old white male who lived at the residence, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso. He was taken to Lakeland Regional Health and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators say the assailant was Gray’s brother-in-law, 40-year-old Jermaine Harrison. According to Gray’s wife, Harrison had shown erratic behavior during the prior week and she suspected drug use. On the day of the shooting Harrison allegedly arrived around 4:00 p.m., pointed a firearm at his sister and fired into a laundry hamper, then shot Gray multiple times in the chest. Harrison then fled to a neighboring mobile home, forced entry and threatened a woman there; she escaped and alerted police. Harrison was arrested without further incident at about 1:27 a.m. on February 5, 2025, and charged with first-degree murder and related offenses.

Did anyone in Lakeland see Harrison’s vehicle or movements in the mobile home park that afternoon?