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Melvon Winston

United States · Aged 26 · Died 03/10/2004
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Melvon Winston was killed while he was robbing a store. An officer and the store owner were wounded in a gunbattle.

Alleged responsible partyPhiladelphia Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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