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On a Sunday morning in Antioch, Tennessee, 38-year-old Melanie Crow-Smith was tragically killed in a mass shooting at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ. The incident, which occurred on September 24, 2017, also left six other people injured. Crow-Smith was in the church parking lot when a masked gunman, later identified as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, opened fire. She was fatally wounded outside the building before the shooter proceeded inside.

Samson, a native of Sudan, had previ ...Read More
Victim Details

Melanie Crow-Smith

Female

White / Caucasian

Antioch

TN

2017-09-24

38

Melanie

Crow-Smith

01/04/2026