December 31, 2021 - Merced – The Merced Police Department reports on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at approximately 4:52 P.M., Merced PD Officers responded to a shooting in the 1200 block of W. Drive in the city of Merced. An altercation had taken place at that location. 15-year-old Robert Fitzgerald Lewis III pulled out a firearm and shot into an occupied vehicle that was stopped in the roadway. The driver of the vehicle fled to the 1000 block of W Street and waited for emergency medical personnel.

Officers arrived on scene and found two people who had been shot. A 17-year-old female victim was transported to a regional trauma center with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. An 18-year-old male victim with several gunshot wounds was pronounced deceased at the scene. The identity of the decedent is pending notification to the next of kin.

A $2,900,000 warrant for murder and various other charges has been issued for the arrest of Robert Fitzgerald Lewis III. He is to be considered armed and dangerous. Detectives are seeking assistance in locating Lewis.

Case Number: 21-78970

Merced Police are asking anyone with any information regarding this incident to contact Detective Steven Odom at (209)388-7814 or by email at odoms@cityofmerced.org.

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Robert Fitzgerald Lewis III
Source: Merced Police Department