On the evening of July 1, 2023, a shooting on the 1700 block of Scott Road in Pylesville left two men and the family dog dead. Seventy-year-old David Joseph Octavec was found suffering gunshot wounds to his upper body and pronounced dead at the scene. Sixty-two-year-old Timothy Wayne Witherite, also a Pylesville resident, was shot inside the residence and was pronounced dead at the scene as well; the family dog was killed in the incident.

The Harford County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of gunfire at about 8:49 p.m. Pennsylvania State Police took 53-year-old Steven M. Nolan into custody in Pennsylvania within roughly two hours of the shooting. Harford County detectives obtained an arrest warrant and Nolan was being held in a Pennsylvania jail awaiting extradition to Maryland; specific charges in Maryland were not immediately detailed and investigators described motive as under investigation.

If anyone knew David Octavec, Timothy Witherite, or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.