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Leon Bowling

Case from Richmond, VA dated Aug 20, 2025

Victim Details

Leon Bowling

Male

Black / African American

Richmond

VA

2025-08-20

16

Leon

Bowling

06/25/2026

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In the late summer of 2025, the life of 16-year-old Leon Stephone Bowling of Richmond, Virginia, came to a tragic and abrupt end. On the morning of August 20th, members of the Richmond Police SWAT team descended upon the apartment on Midlothian Turnpike where the teenager lived with his grandmother. The officers were there to execute a search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation into illegal firearms. What transpired next left a family shattered and a community seeking answers.

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  • https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/only-on-8-mother-speaks-belt-atlantic-police-raid/
  • CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR: Teen killed as SWAT arrives to search Richmond apartment; police say they never fired a shot
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