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Melvin Williams

Case from Trenton, NJ dated Oct 13, 2021

Victim Details

Melvin Williams

Male

Black / African American

Trenton

NJ

2021-10-13

26

Melvin

Williams

06/27/2026

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In the late hours of an autumn evening, the Donnelly Homes neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey, was pierced by the sound of gunfire. It was Wednesday, October 13, 2021, when police were alerted to the violence unfolding in the 900 block of Southard Street. Officers already in the vicinity heard the shots and rushed to the scene, where they found a young man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was identified as 26-year-old Melvin Jaquan Williams, a male resident of Burlington, New ...
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  • nj: Boy, 16, charged with killing man 50 yards from police officer, authorities say
  • nj: Man shot dead 50 yards from police deployed due to recent violence in Trenton
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