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Case Description
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On the evening of October 20, 2016, Paul Wyatt Russell Jr., a 30-year-old Black / African American man, was fatally shot at the intersection of West 39th and Stockton streets in Garden City, Idaho. Russell, a resident of Meridian, was not involved in the initial dispute that led to the shooting. He had simply arrived to pick up a friend who had been in an argument with Elena Ann Pena. The situation tragically escalated when Pena's boyfriend, Lyle Croson, and another man, Mykle Blumenshine, arriv ...Read More
Victim Details

Paul Wyatt Russell Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Garden City

ID

2016-10-20

30

Paul

Wyatt Russell Jr.

11/21/2025