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Hollywood Woman Shot and Killed Over Financial Dispute; Suspect Arrested: LAPD
ktla ^ | 03:10am, July 25, 2015 | Kennedy Ryan

Posted on 07/25/2015 10:41:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin

A 31-year-old man was arrested Friday night in the death of a Hollywood woman who was shot in the back of the head in an apparent dispute over money, police said.

Carrie Jean Melvin, 30, was walking with her boyfriend in Hollywood near Sunset Boulevard and McCadden Place (map), when she was shot on July 5, Los Angeles Police Department officials said.

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Obioha and Melvin knew each other and had a financial dispute, Preciado said.

The shooter approached wordlessly and fired on Melvin from behind, hitting her in the back of the head, and then fled in a black sedan, according to police.

The gunman was described only as a black man in his 30s wearing dark clothing.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: US: California
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1 posted on 07/25/2015 10:41:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Gee, let us guess without even reading . . .


2 posted on 07/25/2015 10:42:24 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (De-fund ALL "Sanctuary Cities" And remove the idiots in charge of them.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

You really don’t have to guess.


3 posted on 07/25/2015 10:43:21 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

When the story first broke here on FR, a lot of morons here claimed that it was a hate crime — before knowing the facts.


4 posted on 07/25/2015 10:45:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Was the “financial dispute” over drugs, or over something less boring and predictable?


5 posted on 07/25/2015 10:46:25 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

It will come out at the trial.


6 posted on 07/25/2015 10:47:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: wideawake

I wouldn’t rule out that Johnnie shot Frankie because HE was her man


7 posted on 07/25/2015 10:48:10 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: BenLurkin

Eczema what?


8 posted on 07/25/2015 10:48:48 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: BenLurkin

An illegal alien or one of Third World immigrants this country is eager to attract?


9 posted on 07/25/2015 10:48:50 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: bert

Somebody sure as hell done somebody wrong.


10 posted on 07/25/2015 10:49:32 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: wideawake

He wanted money
She had some


11 posted on 07/25/2015 11:05:20 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: BenLurkin

Pictures of victim at the link. She’s NOT GUILTY. (Well, dead, but still...)


12 posted on 07/25/2015 11:09:10 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: BenLurkin
This was an out and out HATE CRIME. Shot her in the back of the head with a SHOTGUN???!!! I would not want to see that crime scene.. Horrible.

Ezeoma Obioha? Let me guess.. Obama's son? A Kenyan immigrant no doubt. He is possibly an illegal, and get THIS; HE OWED HER $600 and failed to pay her. Perhaps she was going to take legal action against him for refusing to pay? She did Internet work for him and he never paid her for her work.

I guess he did it the Kenyan way. He murdered her so he would never have to pay her the money he owed her.

13 posted on 07/25/2015 11:37:48 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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Pretty girl. So sad. Prayers for her and her loved ones.

A shotgun, point blank to the back of the head, even with bird shot...well...

Did it in a busy area, in front of witnesses, that shows hate in my book.

Did he hate her because she was White, because she was a woman, because she refused to back down when he wouldn't pay ?

Doesn't really matter, a beautiful woman is gone from this world.

14 posted on 07/25/2015 2:21:01 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: BenLurkin

She made a mistake ever speaking to or knowing this POS. From Africa I suppose. What particular cesspit? Who knows.

15 posted on 07/25/2015 2:26:47 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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The killer has a Nigerian name...prolly a Nigerian


16 posted on 07/25/2015 2:30:22 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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Melvin and her boyfriend, both originally from central California, were strolling along McCadden Place shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday when a man -- described by police as African American and in his mid-20's -- walked up behind Melvin and shot her once in the head before jumping into the driver's seat of a dark sedan. She was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Forget the American part. The killer is from Africa. He came all the way over to America to spend his next 50 years in prison. No dearth penalty in California

17 posted on 07/25/2015 2:34:56 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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http://laist.com/2015/07/25/shotgun_killing_suspect_arrested.php

The killing was originally thought to be a random act of violence but investigators now believe Melvin was targeted by Obioha due to a financial dispute. According to KFI AM 640, Obioha had hired Melvin to "produce online promotions for a security or clothing business." Just days before the killing, Melvin threatened to take Obioha to small claims court over a check he either bounced or canceled. The check was only for a few hundred dollars.

According to her LinkedIn, Melvin was the head of a social media company. Obioha lists himself as the head of a clothing company called Hoodfellas on his Facebook page, and is also the security guard at a pot dispensary. Police raided both the clothing store and the pot shop:

obioha.jpg
The suspected killer

18 posted on 07/25/2015 2:42:23 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw

13 people convicted of murder have been executed in California following the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia. The first two executions were by gas chamber; all subsequent executions were by lethal injection.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_California#Executions_after_1976


19 posted on 07/25/2015 3:13:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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No one executed since 2006 in California. I read there is a defacto ban on capital punishment there. You could kill 10 people and you will not be convicted in a way where you get the death penalty.


20 posted on 07/25/2015 5:24:02 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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