35 year old Lewis Johnston from Pleasantville was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old juvenile on
the 2000 block of Blaine Avenue in 2020. On June 8, 2020, Johnson drove down to Atlantic City from Easton, PA to help his then-girlfriend Shaquana Lewis confront the parents of her daughter’s boyfriend after a physical fight between
the kids the night before. But when they arrived at the boy’s house in the early afternoon on June
8, 2020, the defendant, armed with a handgun, ran up the steps at 2009 Blaine Avenue to the
second floor apartment’s porch, where the victim and his foster brother were hanging out.
The defendant then pistol-whipped the victim, and ultimately shot him in the back and foot. He
then fled back down the steps, shooting back up at the boys from the ground level. He fled Atlantic
City by car, stopping at a liquor store in Pleasantville, before driving back to the apartment he was
staying at in Easton, PA. The victim was pronounced dead later that day as a result of the injuries sustained in the shooting.
The defendant was apprehended the next morning.