On the morning of August 25, 2022, a dispute on Maine Street in Detroit ended in gunfire and the death of 32-year-old Dijon Nelson. The argument between Nelson and an acquaintance, 34-year-old Larnell Fredrick Smith, escalated around 8:00 a.m. Both men reportedly drew firearms; Nelson was found on the front steps of a home in the 17800 block with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Children were inside the home when the shooting occurred.

Police recovered three weapons at the scene and took Smith into custody. He was charged by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office with second-degree murder, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and two counts of felony firearm, and was arraigned on August 28, 2022. At trial the jury deadlocked on the murder charge but convicted Smith of being a felon in possession of a firearm and of felony firearm; he received consecutive terms that include a five-year felony-firearm sentence. Does anyone have additional information about Dijon Nelson or the incident on Maine Street?