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Robert David Melton

Death by Force
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Captain Robert David Melton, aged 46, was tragically killed on July 19, 2016, in Kansas City, Kansas. Captain Melton, a veteran of the Kansas National Guard and a dedicated officer with the Kansas City Police Department, was responding to a call about shots fired in the area of 2nd and Edgerton Avenue around 1:33 PM. Upon arrival, several suspects fled the scene on foot. Captain Melton was fatally shot near the intersection of 22nd Street and Haskell Avenue while searching for one of the suspect ...Read More
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  • Suspected gunmen identified in killing of veteran KCK police captain
  • stltoday.com: Fatal shooting of Kansas City, Kan., police captain was not an ambush, authorities say
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    Victim Details

    Robert David Melton

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Kansas City

    KS

    2016-07-19

    46

    Robert

    David Melton

    11/07/2025

    Forum Posts (2)
    I wanted to highlight something that really stands out to me about the tragic incident involving Cap... ...Read More
    11/03/2024
    I was reading through some articles about Captain Melton, and I came across a detail that just struc... ...Read More
    06/16/2023
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