On November 9, 2024, 36-year-old Justin Day Girtley was shot and killed during an altercation with his father at a home on Flat Creek Road in Frankfort, Kentucky. Witnesses reported that Steven Girtley raised a handgun and fired, striking Justin in the chest; Justin was later pronounced dead by the Franklin County Coroner.

After the shooting, 60-year-old Steven Girtley fled into nearby woods. A multi-day search ended on November 14, 2024, when Kentucky State Police found and arrested him inside a barn on his Franklin County property. He was taken to the Franklin County Detention Center and charged with murder; bond was set at $500,000.

What did neighbors or anyone in the Flat Creek Road area see or hear that night?