On the afternoon of July 7, 2018, 32-year-old Dustin Cody Long was shot and killed at his residence on Highway 360 in Vonore, Tennessee. The shooting occurred around 3:00 p.m.; deputies later found Long’s body near 8:00 p.m. that evening.

Investigators identified 21-year-old McKenzie Blair, described as a longtime friend of Long, as the person who shot him. After the shooting Blair fled in Long’s vehicle, driving south toward Alabama. Deputies had also been alerted to an alleged assault by Blair on a woman in her seventies who had been living a short distance from Long’s home; that report was part of the contacts that led officers to discover Long’s body. Blair was arrested by the Madison County Sheriff’s Department in Alabama just after 4:00 a.m. the next morning and held there on initial domestic assault charges while extradition to Tennessee was arranged for questioning about Long’s death. The Monroe County Sheriff said the motive was unclear and that no known animosity existed between the two men.

If anyone knew Dustin, McKenzie Blair, or saw Long’s vehicle after the shooting, please share what you know.