In the early morning hours of March 4, 2020, the quiet of a Danville, Virginia neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a 911 call, police arrived at the 300 block of Summit Road to a grim discovery. In the front yard of his home lay 40-year-old Melvin Wayne Smith, a male resident of the city, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Despite the efforts of emergency medical personnel who were summoned to the scene, Smith was pronounced deceased, his life abruptly ended by
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