{"id":26506,"date":"2025-01-09T22:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=26506"},"modified":"2025-01-09T22:01:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:01:48","slug":"dad-fatally-beats-man-who-followed-his-daughter-into-restroom-learns-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=26506","title":{"rendered":"Dad Fatally Beats Man Who Followed His Daughter Into Restroom, Learns Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sources: AZCentral<\/p>\n<p>Note: we are republishing this story, which originally made the news in November 2019.<\/p>\n<p>41-year-old father Melvin Harris pleaded to manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix father who maintained he killed a man while protecting his daughter had been originally charged with second-degree murder in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>According to witnesses, Harris punched Leon Armstrong in the face, knocking him to the ground. 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