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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 night.� ...Read More

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Victim Details

Melvin Cutty Barrett

Male

Black / African American

Chester

PA

2008-05-23

27

Melvin

Barrett

06/02/2026