{"id":218614,"date":"2025-03-08T16:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T21:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=218614"},"modified":"2025-03-08T16:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T21:35:49","slug":"21-year-old-man-arrested-in-deadly-early-morning-shooting-in-savannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=218614","title":{"rendered":"21-Year-Old Man Arrested in Deadly Early Morning Shooting in Savannah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Savannah Police have charged 21-year-old Nathaniel Leonard Lewis with murder after a man was shot and killed near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard early Saturday morning. The victim died at Memorial Health University Medical Center after being found unresponsive outside a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> This deadly shooting impacts neighborhood safety in the heart of Savannah, raising concerns for residents in the MLK corridor about violence in their community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d <strong>What Happened:<\/strong> Police responded to the area of MLK Jr. Boulevard and West 35th Street around 4:40 a.m. on March 8 after gunshot detection technology alerted them to shots fired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Officers found the male victim on the ground in front of a residence with gunshot wounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Despite receiving medical treatment at the scene, the victim later died at the hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udde9 <strong>The Investigation:<\/strong> Savannah Police say their investigation remains active and they&#8217;re seeking additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Residents with knowledge about the shooting can make anonymous tips through CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tips can also be submitted through the SPD mobile app without revealing identity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Police have charged 21-year-old Nathaniel Leonard Lewis with murder after a man was shot and killed near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard early Saturday morning. The victim died at Memorial Health University Medical Center after being found unresponsive outside a home. \ud83d\udea8 Why It Matters: This deadly shooting impacts neighborhood safety in the heart [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":19272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[17386,8519],"class_list":["post-218614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-nathaniel-leonard-lewis","tag-shooting","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=218614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=218614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}