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Ja’Leel Stephens

Case from Myrtle-beach, SC dated Jun 10, 2021

Victim Details

Ja’Leel Stephens

Male

Black / African American

Myrtle-beach

SC

2021-06-10

19

Ja’Leel

Stephens

07/04/2026

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On a June evening in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a dispute erupted that tragically cut short the lives of two young men from Fayetteville, North Carolina. The incident, which unfolded on June 10, 2021, claimed the life of 19-year-old Ja'Leel Stephens and 21-year-old Kanon Cook Melvin. The two were fatally shot around 8:15 p.m. near Willoughby Lane, in the vicinity of 44th Avenue and Robert Grissom Parkway.

According to the Myrtle Beach Police Department, the violence was the tragic culm ...
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  • WJBF: 3 people face murder charges in connection to shooting that left 2 dead in Myrtle Beach
  • WPDE: 3 in custody after drug sale turns deadly in Myrtle Beach, police say
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