On the evening of July 6, 2021, gunfire at an apartment on Forsyth Circle in Seekonk, Massachusetts, ended with 66-year-old Joseph Housley, a White male, found fatally shot. The killing was the town’s first homicide in decades and prompted a lengthy, complex investigation led by Seekonk and Rehoboth police alongside the Massachusetts State Police.

Investigators identified two principal suspects: Housley’s son, Joseph JD Housley II, and a close friend, Christopher Heron, both 21 at the time. In September 2022 a grand jury indicted both men on murder and illegal firearm charges; both pleaded not guilty. At the time of that indictment they were already in custody on unrelated 2021 gun and drug charges.

Many questions remain about motive and the events that night; anyone with information about Joseph Housley, his family, or the Forsyth Circle apartment is asked to come forward.