In the summer of 2017, the life of 44-year-old Larry James Dunn Jr. was cut short in a violent encounter in Flint, Michigan. On the late evening of July 30th, Dunn was discovered at an intersection suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite being rushed to Hurley Medical Center, he succumbed to his injuries. The male victim's death was quickly investigated as a homicide, with authorities suggesting a motive of retaliation.
The investigation into Dunn's death led to the arrest of
22-year-old Lester 'L.J.' Liston, a former linebacker for the Rutgers University football team. The Genesee County Prosecutor's Office described the shooting as a 'revenge killing.' This assertion stemmed from the fact that Dunn himself had been previously charged in connection with the death of a friend of Liston's. Alongside the first-degree murder charge for Dunn's death, Liston also faced charges of felony firearm, possession with intent to deliver cocaine, and careless discharge of a firearm causing injury or death, as a 30-year-old woman was also injured in the shooting incident.
Following his arrest, Liston was held without bail. The case drew considerable media attention due to Liston's background as a collegiate athlete. While news reports from 2017 extensively covered the arrest and the alleged motive behind the fatal shooting, publicly available information does not detail the final outcome of the legal proceedings, including any trial, conviction, or sentencing that may have occurred in the years following the incident.
