19-Year-Old Sentenced to 25 Years for Murder of Richland Teenager
Rankin County, MS – Monday, May 16, 2022, Rankin County Circuit Court Judge Brad Mills sentenced Ozell Lewis, Jr. of Jackson, MS, to twenty-five years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections for second-degree murder of his girlfriend, Jashonna Adams.
On May 27, 2021, while arguing, Lewis pulled out a stolen gun and shot his girlfriend of two years, 17-year-old Adams, causing her death. Lewis will serve his sentence day for day without the possibility of parole or early release.
“Special appreciation goes to the Richland Police Department for investigating and solving this sad and senseless killing,” stated District Attorney Bubba Bramlett. “Lewis will account for his cowardly actions behind bars for the next twenty-five years.”
Defendant
Name: Ozell Lewis, Jr.
Date of Birth: January 27, 2003
