Former Michigan State basketball star Adreian Payne was shot after allegedly trying to intervene in a couple’s argument, court documents show.
More tragic details have emerged in Monday’s shooting death of Adreian Payne in Orlando, Florida. The former Michigan State basketball star, according to court documents, went with his girlfriend to assist a female acquaintance who was in an allegedly abusive relationship when the suspect, Lawrence Dority, shot and killed Payne. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Payne,31, was unarmed. Payne, who played for the Spartans from 2010-14, was shot at 1:33 a.m. Monday morning and was pronounced dead at 2:23 a.m. after being transported to AdventHealth Hospital East in Orlando. [ Social media floods with tributes for former MSU star, Atlanta Hawk Adreian Payne ] Dority,29, was arrested at his home, the scene of the shooting, and has been charged with first-degree murder with a firearm. Dority entered a not guilty plea Tuesday morning and waived his arraignment, according to court files. In the affidavit filing, Payne’s girlfriend told detectives she and Payne asked to come to the residence of the shooter. Her name was redacted in the report. They were there, according to the affidavit, to assist Dority’s girlfriend, Tatiana Mesa. According the affidavit, Payne’s girlfriend “described Mesa and Dority to have a relationship where they argue often” and that she “has previously responded to be a ‘mediator’ to prevent any physical violence.” Dority told Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies his father, Larry Dority, dropped him off at the younger Dority’s residence at 2529 Egret Shores Drive. He told police he lived at that location for two months. They arrived and saw an unknown vehicle parked in the roadway at a nearby intersection, and the alleged shooter exited his father’s car and walked to the other vehicle, a black Chevy sedan with dark tinted windows.
