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Melvin Alston

Case from Norfolk, VA dated Jan 01, 2014

Victim Details

Melvin Alston

Male

Black / African American

Norfolk

VA

2014-01-01

32

Melvin

Alston

07/15/2026

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Melvin Alston, 32, male, was killed in the early hours of January 1, 2014, after a New Year’s celebration in Norfolk, Virginia turned violent. Police identified him later that day and reported that he lived on Hoover Avenue in Chesapeake, a short drive from where the gunfire erupted.

Just after the night’s celebrations should have been fading into quiet, emergency calls reached police at about 3:08 a.m. Officers were sent to a party in the 400 block of Berkley Avenue Extension, where ...
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  • Murder trial starts in 2014 New Year's Day firefight in Norfolk
  • Update: Victims identified in Norfolk double homicide - WTKR
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    Does anyone else find it deeply troubling how violence escalates so quickly in social settings? Read... ...Read More
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