In the early hours of May 14, 2020, 26-year-old Ronald Lewis was shot multiple times in the 100 block of Violet Hill Avenue in Baltimore. Officers found Lewis on the ground; he was rushed to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center but was pronounced dead at the scene. Lewis lived on the 3600 block of W. Belvedere Avenue.

Detectives identified 23-year-old Clifford Knight as a suspect after witness statements and physical evidence. Investigators say Lewis and Knight had exchanged text messages arranging a meeting the night he was killed. Witnesses reported Lewis arriving in a silver Acura and approaching a person in a black Nissan Altima; Lewis was shot as the Nissan fled. Prosecutors alleged the motive was revenge over a disputed drug deal.

An arrest warrant for Knight was issued July 26, 2020; he was arrested August 5, 2020, and charged with first-degree murder. The victim’s child’s mother described the family’s loss in a victim impact statement. Anyone with information about the shooting or Lewis’s final movements is asked to come forward.