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Melvin Orlando Collins

Case from Newark, DE dated Oct 24, 2020

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Melvin Orlando Collins, a 26-year-old Black/African American male, was killed in the early morning hours of October 24, 2020, after gunfire broke out at the Shoppes of Village Square shopping center on Marrows Road in Newark, Delaware. The shooting was reported around 12:47 to 12:50 a.m., sending New Castle County Police and other responding agencies to the shopping center. When officers arrived, they found multiple gunshot victims. Collins was discovered fatally wounded outside Bob’s Famous T ...Read More

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    Victim Details

    Melvin Collins

    Male

    Black / African American

    Newark

    DE

    2020-10-24

    26

    Melvin

    Orlando Collins

    06/09/2026

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