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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
Victim Details

Robert Godwin, Sr.

Female

Black / African American

Cleveland

OH

2017-04-16

74

Robert

Godwin Sr.

11/23/2025