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Lenell Dywane Williams

Case from Elkhart, IN dated Aug 27, 2017

Victim Details

Lenell Dywane Williams

Male

Black / African American

Elkhart

IN

2017-08-27

18

Lenell

Dywane Williams

07/25/2026

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In the late summer of 2017, the life of 18-year-old Lenell Dywane Williams, a recent graduate of Elkhart Central High School, was tragically cut short. On the morning of August 27th, Williams was discovered in the 300 block of State Street in Elkhart, Indiana, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Another young man was also seriously injured in the incident.

The Elkhart County Homicide Unit launched an investigation into what was determined to be a shooting stemming from a drug-relate ...
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  • ABC57: State Street shooting victim identified
  • South Bend Tribune: 1 dead, 1 injured in Elkhart shooting
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