{"id":2507,"date":"2025-01-10T02:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T02:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2025-01-10T02:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T02:25:36","slug":"dad-fatally-beats-man-who-followed-his-daughter-into-restroom-learns-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=2507","title":{"rendered":"Dad Fatally Beats Man Who Followed His Daughter Into Restroom, Learns Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">41-year-old father Melvin Harris pleaded to ma nslaughter.The Phoenix father who maintained he klled a man while protecting his daughter had been originally charged with second-degree murder in , <span style=\"font-family: var(--global-body-font-family);\">2018. The incident, which occurred on August 2, 2018, unfolded after Harris arrived at the QT near 19th and Dunlap avenues. When his daughter walked out, she said that a man had tried to enter her locked stall in the women\u2019s bathroom. 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. According to witnesses, Harris punched Leon Armstrong in the face, knocking him to the ground. He beat him up some more then left. 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