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Melvin Lee

Case from Honolulu, HI dated Nov 02, 1999

Victim Details

Melvin Lee

Male

Hawaiian Native

Honolulu

HI

1999-11-02

58

Melvin

Lee

Yes

06/23/2026

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Melvin Lee, 58, a Native Hawaiian man from Waipahu, was among the seven Xerox employees killed on November 2, 1999, when a normal workday at the company’s Honolulu facility on North Nimitz Highway turned into the deadliest workplace shooting in Hawaii history. Lee had worked for Xerox for nearly three decades and was described in local reporting as a soft-spoken field manager in customer service, a man with a big heart who was nonconfrontational and nearing retirement. He left behind his wife, ...
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  • 1999 Honolulu shootings - Wikipedia
  • https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com: 20 years ago, a killer shattered the morning calm and changed Hawaii forever
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