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Man Suspected Of Shooting Woman In Face Dead From Apparent Suicide

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LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) – Police in Lakewood say a man suspected of shooting a woman in the face is dead.

Melvin “Catfish” Nelson was suspected in the shooting of a 72-year-old woman during an attempted robbery in Lakewood on Saturday. The woman, Charlene Clay, survived. (Full Story)

 Man Suspected Of Shooting Woman In Face Dead From Apparent Suicide

Melvin Nelson (credit: Lakewood Police Department)

Police located Nelson overnight at a motel near Interstate 25 and 38th Avenue.

Officers repeatedly asked him to surrender and after a SWAT team moved in they found Nelson dead from an apparent self inflicted gunshot.

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MTNMAN

What a selfish way to end it.. He should have been a man and faced it head on.. The good thing- saves us tax payers some money..

April 27, 2011 at 12:33 pm | Reply | Report comment

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