Flynn Brown was a 22-year-old Black student and football player from New Jersey who was found dead on the morning of December 2, 2022, inside a Dodge Challenger parked near Dixon Hall on the Jackson State University campus. An autopsy determined he died from a single gunshot wound to the back of his head, fired from a distance of more than two feet.

Investigators focused on his roommate and fellow student, 20-year-old Randall Smith, who was taken into custody and admitted to shooting Brown but said it was in self-defense after an argument over a box of doughnuts. Evidence described in the case conflicts with that account: bleach was used on the seventh-floor dorm room floor and was on Smith’s shirt, and authorities say Brown’s body was placed into a black box, dragged from the room, and moved to the car where he was found. The roommates had a prior history of conflict after reported thefts months earlier, which Brown and others had reported to campus police.

Smith was arrested and charged with murder, denied bond initially and later released on a $200,000 bond. A Hinds County grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge in May 2023.

Did anyone on campus know more about the reported thefts or tensions between Flynn and his suitemates that could shed light on what happened?