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On a summer evening in Fort Wayne, Indiana, tragedy befell 30-year-old Melvin Palmer III. On July 9, 2015, Palmer was fatally shot, an event that would lead to a complex investigation and the eventual conviction of two teenage brothers. The incident began when Palmer, riding as a passenger in a friend's car, pulled over near the intersection of Winter Street and Rudisill Boulevard. He got out of the vehicle and approached a teenager, holding money.

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Victim Details

Melvin Palmer, III

Male

Black / African American

Fort-wayne

IN

2015-07-09

30

Melvin

Palmer

12/19/2025