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In the evening hours of a Sunday in Newark, New Jersey, a life was tragically cut short. Lewis Griffith, a 29-year-old male, found himself on Peabody Place on October 23, 2016, when gunfire erupted around 8:30 p.m. The violence of that moment would prove fatal for Griffith, who was shot and pronounced dead at the scene just eleven minutes later.
The aftermath of the shooting set in motion an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force. Their effo ...Read More
The aftermath of the shooting set in motion an investigation by the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force. Their effo ...Read More
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Lewis Griffith
Male
Black / African American
Newark
NJ
2016-10-23
29
Lewis
Griffith
11/19/2025







