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On the night of July 30, 2016, 28-year-old Billy Ray Long Jr. was shot and killed after an altercation that began inside the Vibe nightclub in Antioch, Tennessee and spilled into the club parking lot. Long was found in the driver’s seat of his car with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was a father of three.

Metro Nashville Police identified 30-year-old Reginald D. Utley as a suspect after witnesses said the dispute started when Long accidentally bumped into Utley inside the crowded club. Witnesses reported Utley became enraged, made threats, and the confrontation moved outside before the shooting. Utley fled the scene and was later arrested and charged.

Utley was indicted on first-degree murder; at trial the defense argued self-defense and the jury convicted him of the lesser offense of reckless homicide. Does anyone who knew Billy or was at the Vibe that night have information that could shed more light on what happened?