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Lafayette Demone Woods

Case from Cairo, IL dated May 09, 2023

Victim Details

Lafayette Demone Woods

Male

Black / African American

Cairo

IL

2023-05-09

34

Lafayette

Demone Woods

07/10/2026

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On the night of May 9, 2023, 34-year-old African American male Lafayette Demone Woods was fatally shot in the 2400 block of Sycamore Street in Cairo, Illinois. The Cairo Police Department requested assistance from the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 to investigate the incident. Woods was pronounced dead at the scene due to gunshot wounds.

Following an intensive investigation, authorities arrested 42-year-old Samuel L. Lewis, also an African American mal ...
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  • WSIL-TV: Cairo man arrested in homicide investigation
  • WSIL-TV: Illinois State Police investigating deadly shooting in Cairo, Ill.
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