A neighbor dispute in Eugene, Oregon, turned deadly on the morning of Sunday, July 30, 2017, when 41-year-old Michael Dennis James Long was fatally shot. The Lane County Sheriff’s Office investigated and identified a suspect in the shooting. Authorities arrested 31-year-old Jeffery Witt, a neighbor of Long’s, and charged him with murder. Witt was booked into the Lane County Jail and had not entered a plea in the initial reports; the case was noted as part of a backlog of murder cases in the county.

Michael Long, born February 17, 1976, was remembered by family as a man with a huge heart who loved his children and family. He enjoyed playing the drums, collecting river rocks, and riding his bike, and is survived by his parents, four children, and several siblings. Few specifics about the dispute that led to the shooting were disclosed immediately after the incident.

Did anyone in Eugene know Michael Long or have information about disputes on his block in 2017?