Shawn Nutting, 48, was shot and killed after an alcohol-fueled argument in Dryden, Virginia, on November 5, 2022. The confrontation escalated to gunfire, and Nutting’s wound proved fatal, leaving his family and the small community reeling.

Lee County investigators identified another local man, Drannon Lee Dunn, as a suspect. Dunn was arrested and charged with murder and with using a firearm during the commission of a felony; a grand jury later indicted him on first-degree murder and for illegal possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. The case went to trial in Lee County Circuit Court, where a jury found Dunn guilty and he received a lengthy prison sentence.

Does anyone have information about Nutting’s life in Dryden or about the events of that November evening that could shed more light on what happened?