Barrington Scott Carey, 48, was shot and killed after answering a knock at his front door in Hawthorne, Florida, shortly before 3 a.m. on Sunday, December 29, 2019. A witness said Carey walked to the door, opened it, and was met with gunfire; two shots were heard and the witness found him on the ground. He died at the scene.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office treated the shooting as an isolated incident and opened an investigation. Detectives did not release a motive, and no suspects were publicly identified or arrested; the agency asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida. The community was left shocked by the sudden loss.

Does anyone in Hawthorne have information about that early-morning knock or anything seen in the neighborhood around 3 a.m. on December 29, 2019?