On May 21, 2021, at about 3:15 a.m. Joseph Lewis, a 36-year-old man from Cleveland, was shot during an attempted robbery in the Edgewater neighborhood near West 88th Street and Detroit Avenue. Lewis and a 42-year-old male companion were approached by an unidentified person who tried to rob them at gunpoint. Both men got into a vehicle to flee, and the assailant fired multiple rounds into the car. Joseph Lewis was struck multiple times in the chest, taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, and pronounced dead. His companion suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and received medical treatment.

Joseph Lewis is survived by his parents, Maxine Fincher Lewis and Timothy Russell Lewis, and his children Jainah Lewis, Joseph Lewis, and Ja’ziah Lewis. No arrests have been announced and the Cleveland Division of Police homicide unit is investigating and asking anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone have information that could help identify the shooter or shed light on what happened that night?