Security Light Argument Leads To Murder/Suicide

    A dispute over the brightness of a security light led to two deaths Monday in Paisley. Timothy Patch, 59, was shot dead in his driveway at 26402 Fisherman’s Road in Paisley, apparently by his next door neighbor, Eric Hilderbrand, 62, who was discovered by investigators dead in a chair at his home, from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound.
    Deputies arrived at Patch’s home around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, December 27, in reference to a shooting. They discovered Patch dead in his driveway, just below a security light that is believed to be the reason for the conflict between neighbors.
    “The dispute appears to stem from a security light that the shooter complained was coming from the victim’s home and was too bright,” said Fred Jones of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, “and also shining in the bedroom of his (shooter’s) home.”
    Jones said interviews of witnesses that the neighbors had been in an ongoing dispute since October.
    It is suspected that after the initial shooting, Hilderbrandt went home and shot himself.
    Deputies were on scene through Monday evening, and as of 4:30 p.m. were still waiting for a medical examiner to arrive at the scene.