A Greensboro judge denied Davian Larry a $250,000 bond this week, keeping him behind bars more than two years after he was accused of killing Joseph Minor in a parking deck shooting. Larry has been held in jail since his arrest in September 2024, as reported by FOX8 WGHP, awaiting a trial that is now not scheduled to resume until February 2027.
The bond denial came Monday, according to FOX8 WGHP, which reported that Larry’s attorney, Joshua Landreth, had asked the court to release his client. Landreth argued that the case had essentially been restarted several times since Larry’s arrest, and he told the court he believed there was a serious chance the case may ultimately turn out to be one of self-defense.
According to the defense’s account, the confrontation began when Larry asked Minor to leave, which led to a fight that ended with Larry shooting Minor. That version of events comes solely from the defense and has not been independently confirmed by prosecutors or established at trial.
Family Reacts With Relief in Courtroom
Minor’s family responded to the bond denial with relief and applause inside the courtroom, the station’s report notes, while Larry’s family left shortly afterward. Tamy Herber, Minor’s grandmother, said she felt justice had been served, at least for now, as the family continues waiting for its final say in court.
“It has been … two long years,” Herber said, per the same account. For her and the rest of Minor’s relatives, Monday’s hearing offered a measure of resolution after more than two years of delays, even as the larger legal questions in the case remain unresolved.
Case Details Still Unsettled
Earlier reporting from WXII described officers responding to a shooting call at the ground-floor parking deck in the 300 block of North Greene Street around 6:13 a.m. on Sept. 1, after which Larry was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Minor’s death. That station has reported Minor’s age differently across its coverage, identifying him in one article as 20 years old and in a separate report as 21; the discrepancy remains unresolved in available reporting.
No trial outcome or final determination on the self-defense claim has been reached, and both sides will continue waiting for a jury trial now set for Feb. 22, 2027. Until then, Larry remains in custody, and Minor’s family says it is still holding out for the day it gets to make its case in full before a jury.
