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Kyle Melendez
United States · Aged 26 · Died 03/16/2005
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Melendez reportedly robbed the smoke shop on Second Street east of downtown around 3 p.m. Wednesday and fled on foot through the neighborhood on tribal land, authorities said. In a written statement, the tribe said Melendez was shot after threatening the officer with a knife in the back yard of a nearby home.
Alleged responsible partyWashoe Tribal Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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