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VA Good Tymes Restaurant Head Chef Linwood Lewis Killed In Richmond Police-Involved Incident

HENRICO COUNTY, VA. (THECOUNT) — Linwood Lewis, head chef at Richmond eatery, Good Tymes WineBar And Restaurant, has been identified as the victim killed while running from police during a traffic stop Tuesday.

Lewis, 39, was killed after being struck by a vehicle as he fled police around 3:25 a.m. Tuesday on Mechanicsville Turnpike, according to Henrico Police.

“A Henrico Police officer stopped a vehicle in the 3000 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike for a traffic violation,” a Henrico Police spokesperson said. “The driver [later identified as Lewis] fled the traffic stop on foot and was struck by a truck traveling eastbound on Mechanicsville Turnpike.” source

Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene.

He had recently graduated from culinary school, according to his workplace manager.

Anyone with information on the deadly incident should contact police at 911.

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