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Kurt Melton

Case from Charleston, SC dated Jun 10, 2018

Victim Details

Kurt Melton

Male

Black / African American

Charleston

SC

2018-06-10

28

Kurt

Melton

07/02/2026

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On a summer evening in Charleston, South Carolina, the life of 29-year-old Kurt Wendell Melton was tragically cut short. On June 10, 2018, Charleston County deputies responded to a report of a shooting on Greenhill Road on James Island. Arriving at the scene around 11:21 p.m., they discovered Melton inside a vehicle, having sustained fatal gunshot wounds. His death was part of a troubling increase in gun violence in the area that year, being the third of at least five shootings and one of two th ...
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  • WCIV: 28-year-old victim ID'd in James Island shooting on Greenhill Road Sunday night
  • Mother continues seeking justice two years after son's murder
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