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Dustin Payne

Case from Seymour, IN dated Mar 10, 2019

Victim Details

Dustin Payne

Male

White / Caucasian

Seymour

IN

2019-03-10

33

Dustin

Payne

07/20/2026

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In a tragic turn of events stemming from a family dispute, 33-year-old Dustin Payne of Scipio, Indiana, was fatally shot on the evening of March 10, 2019. The incident unfolded in the parking lot of a JayC Food Store on West Tipton Street in Seymour, Indiana, during what was supposed to be a routine custody exchange of Payne's four children with his ex-wife. Payne, a white male, was accompanied by his fiancée at the time of the altercation.

The situation escalated when Payne's sister and ...
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  • WLWT: Police: Indiana man gunned down in front of his 4 children
  • WLKY: Police: Man shoots, kills brother-in-law during argument
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