OCALA — The father of the 35-year-old man who took his own life in the parking lot of the main headquarters of the county library system on Monday said on Tuesday that he and other family members were very shocked to hear the news.

Randy Nabozny, the father of Jeremy Michael Nabozny, of Ocala, who died inside his vehicle in the parking lot at the sprawling county complex, said he talked with his son on Sunday, mostly about football. He said he did not sense any indication that his son was contemplating taking his own life.

“Everyone is in complete shock. When I talked with him, everything was fine,” he said by phone Tuesday while traveling to Ocala from his home in Michigan.

At 11:03 a.m. Monday a 911 dispatcher received a 911 call from Amy Howison indicating that Jeremy Nabozny was at 2601 SE First King St. making suicide threats. According to police officials, Howison told the dispatcher he had sent her a photograph of a gun and some pill bottles and told her he was going to commit suicide. She told the dispatcher he probably was going to the veterans park in Ocala and described his vehicle.

The complex includes the library, a county government office and the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park. All of the buildings were placed on lockdown as officers with the Ocala Police Department approached Nabozny's 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which had black tinted windows. They tried to talk to Nabozny, who did not respond. The officers found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot. The handgun and some pills were in the vehicle.

Randy Nabozny said his son was born and raised in Michigan. He played football and soccer and was a big fan of the Detroit Lions. He said his son dreamed of joining the military. After his son graduated from high school, he joined the U.S. Army and requested to be an infantryman. He had basic training in Fort Benning, Georgia, then was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.

Nabozny said his son was enlisted for three years and left active duty about seven or eight years ago. His service was stateside, but he did have some friends who were deployed overseas, he said.

After Jeremy was discharged from the service, his father said, he went to school to become a crane operator and worked in that field in Michigan. He said Jeremy got married and fathered a son, who is now 4-years-old. His son and the boy's mother later divorced.

Nabozny said he was not aware of any ill effects his son may have had from being in the military or after he was separated from the Army.

He said Jeremy first moved to Jacksonville to go to college and also was working for FedEx there. He then decided to move to Ocala to work at the new FedEx Ground hub. Jeremy only lived in Ocala a few months, his father said.

Some of the residents at Jeremy’s apartment complex on Tuesday said they did not know him. One woman said she had only been living close to him for a short time and once saw him with his son and that he was friendly.

Howison, who described herself Tuesday as Jeremy's girlfriend, said between tears, “He was a wonderful man and a great father.”

Officials at Marion County Veterans Helping Veterans and also with Marion County Veterans Services said they did not have any record of Jeremy Nabozny ever seeking any services from their agencies.

Randy Nabozny said that after he learned of his son's death he talked to Jeremy’s best friend, who also could not point to any reason as to why Jeremy would take his own life.

“We don’t know why he would do this,” Nabozny said. “We’re really stunned.”

In addition to his parents and his son, Jeremy Nabozny is survived by a sister.

— Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118, austin.miller@ocala.com or @almillerosb.