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Lennard Sumner was at his West Memphis, Arkansas home on January 25, 2018, when an argument with a younger man escalated into gunfire. In the exchange, Sumner was shot in the chest. Gravely wounded, he managed to return fire, injuring the assailant, before the violence abruptly stilled the house and the neighborhood around it. News accounts would later record the date and place as yet another entry in the city’s grim ledger of lives taken by bullets.
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Lennard Sumner
Male
Black / African American
West Memphis
AR
2018-01-25
68
Lennard
Sumner
11/14/2025
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I can't stop thinking about how the community has rallied around remembering Lennard Sumner. Reading... ...Read More
05/14/2024
05/14/2024
Has anyone else been touched by the way Lennard Sumner's family has been honoring his memory? I rece... ...Read More
09/15/2023
09/15/2023
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I've been thinking a lot about the candlelight vigils held for victims like Lennard... ...Read More
08/26/2023
I've been thinking a lot about the candlelight vigils held for victims like Lennard... ...Read More
08/26/2023
