Melvin Earl Collins, a 31-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 11, 2003, in Brunswick, Georgia. Officer Collins was working an off-duty job at a grocery store on Darien Highway when two men entered the store with the intent to rob it. During the robbery, one of the suspects fired two shots past a female clerk's head. In response, Officer Collins identified himself as a police officer and engaged in a gunfight with the suspects. Despite being mortally wounded, Officer
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