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Scott Melton

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Dec 24, 2024

Victim Details

Scott Melton

Male

White / Caucasian

Atlanta

GA

2024-12-24

34

Scott

Melton

07/18/2026

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On Christmas Eve of 2024, a shopping trip to a Family Dollar in East Point, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, turned fatal for 34-year-old Scott Melton. An argument with a security guard escalated into a violent chase that ended with Melton being shot and killed. The man, a husband and soon-to-be father of twins, was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

The security guard, identified as 36-year-old Justin Rashaad Hodges, was not an official employee of the Family Dollar. He had ...
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  • FOX 5 Atlanta: Manhunt continues for suspected gunman in deadly Christmas Eve killing in East Point
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