Detective David Adam White, 35, was killed on February 16, 2012, during a raid on a suspected drug house on Alligator Boulevard in Middleburg, Florida. Deputies had been tipped the property was occupied by six squatters operating a methamphetamine lab. As Detective White and another detective approached the front door, an occupant opened fire, wounding both detectives; the shooter then tried to flee out the back and was fatally shot by another deputy. Five other occupants were taken into custody.

Four people were later charged with felony murder in connection with Detective White’s death despite none of them being identified as the shooter: Ryan Christopher Wilder, Chasity E. Prescott, Jennifer S. Alder, and Jerry Daniels. Charges reported included first-degree felony murder, attempted second-degree murder counts, second-degree felony murder, trafficking in methamphetamine, burglary (against Prescott), and, for Daniels, third-degree murder and possession with intent to sell a controlled substance. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement took over the probe into the police shooting of the gunman, identified as Ted Tilley.

White was an Army veteran who had served in Iraq and a long-time member of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. The department later renamed its headquarters the David A. White Memorial Headquarters in his honor. If anyone has information about the raid or the occupants of that house in Middleburg, please share what is known.