Ed Mead was trying to keep his neighbors safe when he was killed.
Published on October 22, 2023 10:33AM EDTEd Mead was an 81-year-old war veteran who worked two nights a week as a safety officer at the retirement community where he lived in Brooksville, Fla. In late September, that job cost him his life, when he was repeatedly stabbed while on duty.
When Mead and his wife first relocated, Mead worked part-time delivering medication to hospice patients. Eight years ago, he started working two nights a week as the safety officer at the High Point Community. During the day, he made catering deliveries for a local barbecue restaurant. He golfed, gardened, and drove neighbors to the grocery store and to doctor’s appointments.
Mead’s daughter, Kimberly, was scrolling through Facebook when she saw neighbors posting about a commotion at the front gate. She called her father five times, but he didn’t answer. She told her mother she was going to step outside to make a call. Then, she found sheriff’s deputies walking up the path. They told Kim her father had been stabbed to death.
“There were police and sheriff presence everywhere,” Tipton says. “There were helicopters. There were drones flying around. It was crazy.” Patterson is charged with second-degree murder. He is being held with no bond. It's not immediately clear if he has entered a plea or retained an attorney. Ed and Barbara Mead, and their daughters, Kimberly Mead Semcho, Missy Mead Richardson, Rebecca Mead Tipton.“She's just been a blessing. She told us that he didn't die alone, that she stayed with him til his last breath,” Tipton says. “She said he looked at her and just closed his eyes like he was going to sleep. It made us feel good that he didn't die alone.”
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