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Ex-Rutgers LB Liston charged with murder

Former Rutgers linebacker L.J. Liston has been charged with first-degree murder in Michigan in a case prosecutors are describing as a revenge killing, mlive.com has reported.

Liston, 22, also faces charges of felony firearm, possession with intent to deliver cocaine less than 50 grams, and careless discharge of a firearm causing injury or death, according to the report.

Liston is accused of shooting a man to death on July 30 in Flint, Michigan. Larry James Dunn, 44, died after suffering multiple gunshot wounds, the report said.

Prosecutors allege the motive for the shooting was revenge for another homicide.