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Larry Donnell Gross, a 41-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on July 10, 2021, in Pensacola, Florida. The shooting happened in the early morning at the home of Gross’s girlfriend, Yvette Jones, where Jones’s ex-boyfriend, Brandian Lyons, was living after recently ending his relationship with her.

Surveillance footage shows Gross approaching the front porch where Lyons and Jones were speaking, but the actual shooting was not recorded. Lyons had reportedly sent threatening messages to Jones in the days before the killing. Lyons later said he acted in self-defense, claiming Gross pulled a gun; Jones and her niece testified they did not see Gross brandish a weapon. Lyons was arrested and charged with second-degree murder; a jury rejected the self-defense claim and found him guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm, and he received a life sentence.

Gross’s death underscores the deadly consequences of domestic conflict and gun violence. If anyone knew Gross, Jones, Lyons, or saw activity at that address around July 10, 2021, please share what was seen.