Timothy Cary Hughes was 22 when he was shot to death on August 4, 2017, at the Terrace Mobile Home Park in Pine City, Minnesota. He suffered four gunshot wounds, one to the front and three to the back.

The suspect was identified as Patrick James Root. Root was arrested, charged, and pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder in February 2019. As part of a plea agreement, he was sentenced in Pine County Court to 367 months in prison; the sentencing was entered on April 3, 2019.

The case deeply affected the local community. Does anyone have information about Hughes’s life in Pine City or memories of him that could add context to what happened?