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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Evil wife hires TEEN hitmen to gun down ex-hubby

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Baron Li hears a noise on his way to his car. It was the first of 9 shots fired by a teen gunman sent to kill the 48-year-old car salesman and dad. The question is, WHY? Police question Li, "Who wants you dead?" The only name he could come up with is his ex-wife. The couple are in the middle of an acrimonious custody battle. Joining Nancy Grace today:Baron Li - Victim, GoFundMe: Search "#HelpForBaron"Holly Davis - Trial Attorney/Family Law Specialist, Co-Founding Partner at Kirker Davis (Austin, TX), kirkerdavis.com, Instagram/Twitter: @kirkerdavisatx Dr. Jorey Krawczyn - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide” (July 2021) bw-institute.comDan Corsentino - Former Police Chief, Former Sheriff, Served on US Homeland Security Senior Advisory Board, Private Investigator www.dancorsentino.comDr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner, State of Florida, www.pathcaremed.comChris Harris - Senior true crime reporter for People Magazine, People.com, Twitter: @chrisharrisment

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0:00.0

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.

0:04.1

We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized

0:09.1

experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on

0:13.6

to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.

0:18.0

We are going to solve these cases own air together.

0:22.4

Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app, the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to

0:28.3

your favorite podcast.

0:58.9

On July 10th, Lee was walking to his car at the overlook at Lake Mon apartments when he heard

1:04.8

the first shot, then a second. That bullet had hit my right arm and then I looked to my right and I saw

1:11.8

this guy running to me with the gun still firing too. Lee got to his car and tried to protect his head

1:17.6

and chest. I was thinking, oh my god, I'm dead. You know, he's standing right over me with the gun

1:23.1

pointing right at me. After more gun shots, the bullets finally ran out and Lee lived. The 48-year-old

1:29.2

has nerve damage in his arm, 12 entry and exit wounds, but it's the emotional damage that keeps him awake at night.

1:35.9

The arrest of his ex-wife and two 17-year-olds brings relief and hope he can now give his son a better life.

1:43.3

That was be my dream that we never have to see her again. If that means her staying in jail for the

1:47.2

rest of her life, so be it. A teenage hitman, feeling yourself go down onto the asphalt of a

1:54.5

parking lot, thanking I'm going to die. Again, thank you for being with us here at FoxNation

2:00.7

Series XM 111. You were just hearing our friend Allison Grande at K-I-R-O-7 News, but you were also

2:08.6

hearing the shooting victim in this case. Think about it. 12 entry and exit wounds. And somehow at

2:16.9

that point, anyway, he was still alive. With me in All Star Panel, Chris Harris, senior

2:23.2

tree crime reporter, people magazine at people.com. He's on Twitter at Chris Harris Mint.

2:30.4

Also with me, Dr. Tim Gallagher, the medical examiner for the entire state of Florida,

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