For Immediate Release
June 9, 2016

A Jackson County jury today found 24-year-old Divonte Lewis guilty of Murder in the 2nd Degree and Armed Criminal Action in connection with the fatal shooting in May 2015 of Ryshun Bell, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced.

Divonte L. Lewis fatally shot Ryshun Bell, 19, on May 16, 2015, at the CoCo Key Water Resort, near Interstate 70 and Blue Ridge Cutoff.

Lewis will be sentenced on July 29, 2016, at 9 a.m.

For more information, contact:

Michael Mansur
Director of Communication
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office
Jean Peters Baker, Prosecutor
Work : (816) 881-3812
Mobile: (816) 674-3954
mmansur@jacksongov.org
http://jacksoncountyprosecutor.com