Killing of Melvin Womack in Florida in 1951
Incident
Melvin Womack, 27, an orange picker, was killed in 1951 by four men in Orange County, Florida. Womack was kidnapped from his bedroom by the masked men and shot. He died three days later in a hospital. The police believed that the men mistook Womack for another Black man who had had troubles with several of these men.
Miami 44-270
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