{"id":33770,"date":"2025-07-03T20:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33770"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:02:37","slug":"dad-fatally-beats-man-who-followed-his-daughter-into-restroom-learns-fate-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=33770","title":{"rendered":"Dad Fatally Beats Man Who Followed His Daughter Into Restroom, Learns Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: we are republishing this story, which originally made the news in November 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

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41-year-old father Melvin Harris pleaded to manslaughter.<\/p>\n

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The Phoenix father who maintained he killed a man while protecting his daughter had been originally charged with second-degree murder in 2018.<\/p>\n

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The incident, which occurred on August 2, 2018, unfolded after Harris arrived at the QT near 19th<\/sup>\u00a0and Dunlap avenues. When his daughter walked out, she said that a man had tried to enter her locked stall in the women\u2019s bathroom.<\/p>\n

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Melvin Harris in prison uniform,\u00a0Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/em>12 News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Security escorted the man out, and Harris\u2019 daughter pointed him out. Harris approached the security guard and stated that he was going to take care of the situation himself.<\/p>\n

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Melvin Harris alongside a photo of the man he killed, Photo Credit:\u00a0Twitter\/infowe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

According to witnesses, Harris punched Leon Armstrong in the face, knocking him to the ground. He beat him up some more then left.<\/p>\n

Armstrong suffered a severe brain injury and died a few days later.<\/p>\n

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Mugshot of\u00a0<\/em>Melvin Harris,\u00a0Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/em>12 News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Harris\u2019 sentencing is scheduled for December 13.<\/p>\n

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