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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