Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz described the man who shot two of his deputies before turning the gun on himself as a recluse who was not identifiable by neighbors and his motives are still unknown.
He said during a press statement April 27 in Gainesville that it is important to provide information the investigation has uncovered so far in the murders of Gilchrist County deputies Sgt. Noel Ramirez and Deputy Taylor Lindsey.
Ramirez, 29, and Lindsey, 25, were in the Ace China Restaurant April 17 at about 3 p.m. when they were killed.
The shooter was later identified as John Hubert Highnote, 59, of Bell. He was found dead in a pickup truck outside the restaurant from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
He said nothing law enforcement knows is an answer, but the community deserves to know what law enforcement knows so healing may begin.
“I am only going to speak about this person one last time, then send him back into obscurity where he came from and, frankly, belongs,” Schultz said.