Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another.
At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people
even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.
Joseph Louis Melvin, age 46
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Fatally shot on March 29, 2016 in Santa Rosa, California.
Shot after attacking police.
Photo sources:
- Contributed photo
News sources:
- the Guardian: The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
- Joseph Melvin Obituary - Jones & Lewis Clear Lake Memorial Chapel | Lower Lake CA
- Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Clearlake man shot dead by police officer ID’d
- Gun Violence Archive
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