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Deonta Lezine, 21, a former University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point student from Racine, was shot during a drug deal that went wrong near the campus intersection of Fifth and Minnesota avenues on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2016. He was critically wounded, placed on life support, and died on March 25, 2016, a loss that shocked the university community.

Police identified 32-year-old Kyle Engen of Marshall, Wisconsin, as the sole suspect. Engen eluded authorities for more than a month before being captured in Colorado and returned to Wisconsin by U.S. Marshals on a $100,000 cash bond. At trial Engen said he acted in self-defense, but a jury rejected that account and found him guilty on four counts, including second-degree intentional homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison with 10 years’ extended supervision to follow.

Does anyone have information about Lezine’s activities around campus that night or recollections of the aftermath at the university?