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Ellen Barbara Lewis, a 20-year-old Black / African American female, died in the early morning hours of December 17, 1983, after being shot at very close range during a party inside room 521 of a dormitory building on the Cheyney State University campus in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The room was crowded with students, loud music was playing, and strobe lights were flashing as people danced. In that confusion, a gunshot cut through the party. Ellen was struck once in the head and died from the ...Read More

Victim Details

Ellen Barbara Lewis

Female

Black / African American

Cheyney

PA

1983-12-17

20

Ellen

Barbara Lewis

05/05/2026