news release from the Human Rights Campaign.Lewis was found in a residential neighborhood of Cleveland when police responded to a report of gunfire, The Buckeye Flame reports.
She had been shot in the chest. Officers attempted to revive her, as they detected a faint pulse, but she died at a hospital shortly afterward.The Cuyahoga County medical examiner’s office listed Lewis under her birth name, even though her name had been legally changed, and her death was not covered by local media outlets, according to the Flame.A suspect has been arrested.
Duane Lunsford, 25, of Cleveland, has been charged with aggravated murder and felonious assault, and has pleaded not guilty, the Flame reports.Lewis had been experiencing homelessness and had.