Melvin Wilson

Death by Force

On December 1, 1976, tragedy struck in Chesapeake, Virginia, when 19-year-old Melvin Wilson Jr., a male gas station employee, was fatally shot in what police immediately described as an apparent robbery. Early that morning, around 8 a.m., a customer entered the station and discovered his body. Investigators determined that he had been shot in the head, and a preliminary review of the scene revealed that between $50 and $75 was missing from the station’s till. The modest amount taken highlighte ...Read More

Cold Case Homicide Investigations

Melvin Wilson - National Gun Violence Memorial

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