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Robert Lee Godwin Sr., a 74-year-old African American man, was tragically shot and killed on April 16, 2017, while walking in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. He was collecting aluminum cans, a common activity for him, when he was approached by Steve Stephens, a 37-year-old man who had recently ended a relationship with a woman named Joy Lane. Stephens confronted Godwin, asked him to say Joy Lane's name, and then fatally shot him. The incident was recorded and later posted on Faceb ...Read More
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Robert Godwin, Sr.
Female
Black / African American
Cleveland
OH
2017-04-16
74
Robert
Godwin Sr.
11/23/2025








