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Melvin Rouse

Case from Puyallup, WA dated Jul 26, 2016

Victim Details

Melvin Rouse

Male

Black / African American

Puyallup

WA

2016-07-26

31

Melvin

Rouse

07/08/2026

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On the evening of July 26, 2016, the life of 31-year-old Melvin Earl Rouse II, a Black/African American male, was cut short in Spokane, Washington. Reports of an erratic driver near Southeast Boulevard and Rockwood Boulevard on Spokane's South Hill prompted a police response around 10:00 p.m. Arriving officers discovered Rouse in his black Chevy sedan, which had veered onto a sidewalk and struck a tree. He was bleeding profusely from a gunshot wound. It appeared he had been attempting to drive h ...
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  • Spokesman.com: Victim in South Hill shooting identified
  • Melvin Rouse, age 31 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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