Dionne Leslie was 17 and a student at Columbia High School when he was shot and killed on February 2, 2021, at the intersection of Southeast Lochlynn Terrace and Southeast Putnam Street in Lake City, Florida. Known as D3, he was active in his church and the Young Marines of Fort White and remembered for a kind heart and joyful spirit. Another teenager was also wounded in the same shooting.

The case drew sustained attention from the community and local leaders who urged unity and programs to prevent violence. In April 2023 the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office charged 18-year-old Brandon Hopkins in connection with Dionne’s killing; Hopkins was already in custody on unrelated charges when the homicide charge was filed. The sheriff described the arrest as bringing some measure of justice but not erasing the family’s loss.

Are there members of the community who knew Dionne or who have information about the night of February 2, 2021?