In the late hours of a spring evening in New Orleans, tragedy befell a young man named Deiontay Melancon. On Sunday, May 2, 2010, the 23-year-old's life was cut short by gunfire in the eastern part of the city. He was a male. The incident unfolded just after 11 p.m. in the 7800 block of Symmes Avenue, a residential street that became the scene of a brutal homicide.
Responding to a report of a shooting, New Orleans police officers arrived to find Melancon lying on the sidewalk, having sust
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