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Police in Columbus, Ohio, Shoot Dead Unarmed Black Man in Bed

HeadlineAug 31, 2022

Police in Columbus, Ohio, have shot dead an unarmed 20-year-old Black man named Donovan Lewis as he lay on a bed. The shooting occurred just before 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday inside an apartment where police were serving a warrant. Bodycam footage shows an officer shot Lewis just one second after opening a door to the bedroom. Officers then handcuffed Lewis, who died less than an hour later at a hospital. It was the third police shooting in Columbus, Ohio, over the past eight days.

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