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Paul Lewis

Case from Merrydale, LA dated Sep 27, 2024

Victim Details

Paul Lewis

Male

Black / African American

Merrydale

LA

2024-09-27

63

Paul

Lewis

06/26/2026

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An ongoing feud between two families living in the same apartment complex in Merrydale, Louisiana, escalated into a tragic and fatal confrontation on the night of September 27, 2024. The dispute, which had been simmering between 19-year-old Dominik Franklin and the Vallery family, reached its violent climax at the home of Shelita Vallery's mother on Grayson Avenue. This altercation resulted in the deaths of three individuals, including 63-year-old Paul Lewis, a male relative of the Vallery famil ...
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  • The Advocate: Three killed, two wounded when apartment feud erupts into gunfire in Baton Rouge
  • Paul Lewis, age 63 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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