Terence Irwin, a 63-year-old white male, died on January 1, 2018, in Mims, Florida, after a violent altercation with his neighbor Richard Todd Blankenship. The dispute began as a verbal argument about fantasy football and escalated when Irwin allegedly punched Blankenship. Blankenship then retrieved a revolver and shot Irwin in the face. Irwin was found with a gunshot wound, transported to a hospital, and later died.

Blankenship, 54, called police at the scene and reported he had shot Irwin in self-defense, saying he had been attacked and was bleeding heavily. Officers found blood spots on tile and a pool of blood by the front door. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office investigated; after review the state attorney charged Blankenship with second-degree murder and he was arrested and held without bond.

Was anyone in the neighborhood aware of ongoing tensions between these men over the fantasy football dispute or other issues?