Robert Somerville, a 31-year-old Black man, was shot on Sunday, May 23, 2010, in North Omaha and died from his wounds. He was found behind a residence on Willis Avenue, near the 24th and Lake area, a neighborhood that had been shaken by multiple shootings that weekend. Burial records list his full name as Robert Lemario Somerville and confirm the May 23 date and his age.
News reports from that weekend describe a cascade of gunfire across the city culminating in Somerville’s death. Radi
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