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Janaysia Lewis

Case from Columbus, OH dated Sep 18, 2025

Victim Details

Janaysia Lewis

Female

Black / African American

Columbus

OH

2025-09-18

22

Janaysia

Lewis

06/29/2026

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Twenty-two-year-old Janaysia Lewis, a Black woman from Columbus, was shot on the morning of September 18, 2025, at the Sterling Court Apartments on the city's east side, near Krumm Park. Officers were dispatched around 9:24 a.m. to the 3200 block of Sterling Lane and found multiple victims with gunshot wounds; Janaysia Lewis, age 22, was taken to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center and pronounced dead at 10:05 a.m. Two additional victims were transported to separate hospitals with injuries that were ...
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  • WSYX: 1 killed in east Columbus shooting; woman charged
  • 10tv.com: Woman arrested, charged in deadly shooting at east Columbus apartment
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