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Joseph Lewis III

Case from Richmond, VA dated Jul 29, 2018

Victim Details

Joseph Lewis III

Male

Black / African American

Richmond

VA

2018-07-29

19

Joseph

Lewis III

06/28/2026

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In the late hours of a Sunday summer evening, tragedy struck the streets of Richmond, Virginia. On July 29, 2018, at approximately 11:47 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the night in the 3100 block of Meadowbridge Road. When police arrived, they found the body of 19-year-old Joseph Lewis III lying on the sidewalk at the corner of E. Gladstone Avenue and Meadowbridge Road. The young man had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Joseph, a resident of the 200 blo ...
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  • Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond teen killed in North Side shooting
  • Man shot dead overnight on Richmond's north side

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