Travis Melton

Death by Force

On the night of January 17, 1987, 19-year-old Travis Melton, a young man working at the Shelby III adult bookstore in Shelby, North Carolina, was tragically killed in a brutal attack. The bookstore, located on U.S. 74, was known to attract a gay male clientele. On that fateful winter night, masked gunmen burst into the establishment, ordering Melton and other men to get down on the ground. The assailants then shot Melton and two other men, 29-year-old Kenneth Godfrey and 26-year-old Paul Weston, ...Read More

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