The victim of a shooting in October 2025 took the stand Tuesday in Riley County District Court during a trial for the incident against Jacques LaShawn Toliver Sr.
The victim, a 36-year-old man, told the jury he and his significant other on Oct. 11, 2025, dropped their children off at a birthday party at an apartment complex where they used to live on Marlatt Avenue. As the pair walked back to their car, they encountered Toliver, 38, who had been involved with several previous incidents with the man.
The man said they got into a verbal altercation, and at some point Toliver mentioned the man’s family. The man reportedly threw a small landscaping stone at Toliver, and the two continued the heated exchange until Toliver briefly turned to his vehicle, retrieved a gun and repeatedly shot at the man.
