Lewis Colegrove III charged with first degree murder

[September 25, 2021]   On September 23, 2021, shortly after 9 p.m., law enforcement officers were dispatched to the 900 block of 1850TH Street in rural Lincoln regarding a shooting.

Units from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office and the Lincoln Police Department arrived on scene and secured the residence and the firearm used in the incident. The victim of the shooting was taken to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital and a short time later was pronounced deceased. The suspect in the shooting was identified as Lewis Colegrove III (d.o.b. 03-24-1973) and was taken into custody. Colegrove was later booked in the Logan County Jail for first degree murder.

The Sheriff’s Office’s investigation is still ongoing. Once the investigation is complete, a full report will be sent to the Logan County State’s Attorney’s Office for review. Colegrove is presumed innocent of any charges until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

[Sheriff Mark Landers
Logan County State's Attorney Bradley Hauge]