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Murder charges filed against two Topeka men for 2024 killing

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Prosecutors in Shawnee County filed charges against two local men for their alleged role in killing a 32-year-old woman from Topeka last year.

Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said in a press release on June 24 that charges have been filed against 33-year-old Julian B. Vann and 30-year-old Damian L. Lewis in connection to the death of Jessie L. Grahnert

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in 2024. Their charges include the following:
  • Vann
    • Murder in the first degree (premeditation).
    • Murder in the first degree (commission of a felony).
    • Criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling.
  • Lewis
    • Murder in the first degree (intentional and premeditated).
    • Murder in the first degree (commission of a felony).
    • Criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied dwelling.
Julian B. Vann (left) and Damian L. Lewis (right). (Photos Courtesy/Shawnee County Department of Corrections)

Police were called around 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 24, 2024 to the 1900 block of North Kansas Avenue on reports of a shooting in the area. Officers arriving at the scene found one person, later identified as Grahnert, dead at the scene.

The Topeka Police Department (TPD) arrested Vann and Lewis on June 17 in connection to the crime.

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