Tracy Ford, 42, was found dead in his Brook Highland apartment in Shelby County on a Sunday evening in November 2019 after deputies responded to reports of an altercation on the 400 block of Meadow Drive. Members of the Tactical Response Unit and Crisis Negotiations Unit entered the residence and discovered the bodies of two men who lived there. Authorities later ruled the incident a murder-suicide: Ford had been shot and killed by his roommate, 35-year-old Timothy Ackers, who then died by a self-inflicted gunshot. The motive has not been released.

Ford was a longtime educator in the Fairfield City Schools district, serving as director of human resources and data analytics and previously working as a principal and teacher. Colleagues remembered him as kind and upbeat, known for greeting coworkers warmly each morning. The community’s loss was described as deep.

If anyone knew Tracy Ford or has information about the events that led to that November evening, please share what is known.