At Rest

Deadly force
Around 3:35 a.m., Huntington police responded to a disturbance call. Officers found a man operating a backhoe and destroying property around the neighborhood. Police and deputies chased him around the neighborhood, including the Horace Mann Elementary and Riverside Middle School campuses. The man on the backhoe, Matthew T. Melzoni, continued causing damage to private and public property during the pursuit, and police shot and killed him.
This record exists so that Matthew T. Melzoni, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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