Melvin “Cutty” Barrett, a 27-year-old Black / African American male from Chester, Pennsylvania, died on May 23, 2008, after he was lost to gun violence in Chester. His death was recorded as a fatal shooting, and the date became part of a grim roll call of people killed by firearms that day. The surviving online memorial information identifies him by the nickname “Cutty” and links his death to a local news report published the next day under the headline “Chester man dead after violent
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