On the evening of Saturday, July 1, 2023, gunfire on the 1700 block of Scott Road in Pylesville, Maryland, left two men dead. Timothy Wayne Witherite, 62, was found inside his home with gunshot wounds to the upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene. A short time later first responders found 70-year-old David Joseph Octavec outside the residence; he too had sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene. A family dog was also killed in the incident.

Investigators identified 53-year-old Steven M. Nolan of Pennsylvania as the alleged shooter. Nolan was taken into custody by the Pennsylvania State Police about two hours after the shootings and was being held in a Pennsylvania jail awaiting extradition to Maryland. Authorities say Nolan allegedly shot Witherite inside the house, then Octavec outside, and fled before his arrest. No motive has been released.

Did anyone in or near Pylesville on July 1, 2023, see or hear anything that could help explain what happened that night?