Based on what we know, I don’t think he was lynched but he did lose his life because of the actions of two non-police idiots brandishing guns out in the street for no good or self-defensive reason.
There had been a lot of robbery activity in this tiny neighborhood (which can lead to bodily danger) and the two "idiots" believed they were on the trail of the culprit.
That’s how I see it......because there was no way the jogger could know ‘who’ they were or ‘why’ they had a gun on him.
When I lived a summer in NJ there was a housing devlopement project going up in back of our home. Homes were at various levels of going up and everyone in the neighborhood would go into them when the builders were off for the day....adults and kids.