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		</div><h5><span style="color: #000000;">Melvin Harris, 40, has been charged with second-degree murder after Leon Armstrong was beaten to death in Phoenix, Ariz.</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #000000;">Harris attacked Armstrong on August 2 after the man allegedly tried to barge in on Harris&#8217; 16-year-old daughter in a QuikTrip convenience store restroom </span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #000000;">Prior to that, Harris had given Armstrong, a homeless man some money at the latter&#8217;s request </span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #000000;">Harris later claimed that Armstrong had struck him first, and he denied kicking Armstrong on the ground</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #000000;">The victim was taken to the hospital with a broken nose and brain trauma &#8211; He died five days later</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #000000;">Harris has been charged with second-degree murder</span></h5>
<h5><span style="color: #000000;">Harris&#8217; fiancée defended him, arguing that he was merely protecting their child </span></h5>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297845" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Melvin-Harris-left-and-Leon-Armstrong-right-1.jpg" alt="Melvin Harris [left], and Leon Armstrong [right] 1" width="669" height="411" />Protective dad charged: Melvin Harris [left], has been charged with second-degree murder in the beating of Leon Armstrong [right] in Phoenix, Ariz., on Aug 2</strong></h6>
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<div>A Phoenix father has been accused of beating a man to death after the victim had tried to force his way into a bathroom stall occupied by the suspect&#8217;s teenage daughter.</div>
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<div>Melvin Harris has been jailed on $100,000 bond on suspicion of second-degree murder following the death of Leon Armstrong.<br />
According to the Phoenix Police Department, on the night of August 2, Harris was picking up his 16-year-old daughter and her two friends from work when they asked him to stop off at the QuikTrip convenience store on 19th Avenue to buy soft drinks and use the restroom.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297848" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/QuikTrip-convenience-store-Phoenix-Arizona.jpg" alt="QuikTrip convenience store, Phoenix, Arizona.JPG" width="694" height="444" /><strong>The altercation between Harris and Armstrong happened at this QuikTrip convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona on Aug 2</strong></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Harris was at this QuikTrip convenience store with his 16-year-old daughter when he was informed that Armstrong had tried to barge in on the teen in the bathroom</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">While he was waiting in the parking lot, Harris was approached by a man, later identified as Armstrong, who asked him for money.<br />
Harris handed the panhandler some cash, and Armstrong went inside the store, reported <a class="class" href="https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/pd-man-who-follows-teen-into-phoenix-restroom-is-beaten-killed-by-father" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ABC15</a>.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-297854" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Melvin-Harris-4.jpg" alt="Melvin Harris 4.JPG" width="733" height="428" />Melvin Harris [photo], seen in court has been charged with secon-degree murder in the beating death of Leon Armstrong</strong></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">A short time later, Harris was informed that Armstrong tried to barge into the bathroom stall in the women&#8217;s restroom that his daughter was using by shaking the door.<br />
Harris and his daughter told store employees what had happened, and according to court documents, the father urged a security guard at the QuikTrip to &#8216;take care of the situation, or he would do it himself&#8217;.<br />
The guard assured Harris that he would handle the matter.<br />
As Harris, his daughter and her friends were leaving, the dad again spotted Armstrong, and got out of the car and confronted him.<br />
Witnesses said the 40-year-old punched Armstrong in the face, causing him to collapse. Once he was down, the assailant allegedly proceeded to kick and stomp on him.<br />
Harris then got back in his car and drove home, leaving the gravely injured victim moaning on the ground. Police identified and located Harris at his home nearby.</div>
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<p>He reportedly told police that the man punched him first, hitting him in the neck. He denied striking the man when he was down.</p>
<h6><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-297851" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Diana-Jackson-and-Melvin-Harris-2.jpg" alt="Diana Jackson and Melvin Harris 2" width="658" height="699" />Protective parents: Diana Jackson [left] has defended her fiancé, arguing that Harris [right], was merely protecting their daughter </strong></h6>
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<p>When police tracked down Harris and questioned him, the man reportedly admitted to punching Armstrong, but insisted that the man had hit him in the neck first.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Harris also claimed he did not recall striking Armstrong as he lay on the ground.<br />
Armstrong was taken to a hospital to be treated for brain swelling and a broke nose, but he died from his injuries five days later.<br />
Harris&#8217; fiancée, Diana Jackson, defended her partner in an interview with <a class="class" href="http://www.azfamily.com/story/38885841/phoenix-father-accused-of-fatally-beating-man-at-qt-convenience-store" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">3TV/CBS5</a>, arguing that he was merely protecting their daughter.<br />
&#8216;I&#8217;m not mad at him, I don&#8217;t feel like he did anything wrong. I love him. He did what he was supposed to do for our kid. You cannot tell someone they&#8217;re wrong for protecting their children,&#8217; Jackson told the station.<br />
Jackson went so far as to say that she would have done the same as her fiance, but she conceded that she does feel bad that Armstrong &#8216;ended up dying in the process.&#8217;<br />
Armstrong had a history of run-ins with the law related to shoplifting, trespassing and obstructing police, according to his criminal record.</p>
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Protective Arizona dad ‘beats and stomps a man to death after he tried to get into his 16-year-old daughter’s convenience store bathroom stall’ – Melvin Harris was charged n the beating death of Leon Armstrong
