Crime & Safety
Arrest Made In Deadly July Delco Corner Store Shooting
Haneef Melton, 19, of Chester, is accused of fatally shooting Dontae Dickerson, 27, in a Chester corner store back in July, police said.
CHESTER, PA — A 19-year-old Chester man has been charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting at a local corner store in July.
The City of Chester Police Department said Haneef Melton, 19, of Chester, was taken into custody on Wednesday at about 9:44 a.m. near the 1300 block of Filbert Street in Philadelphia.
Melton was wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred at about 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, July 2 at a corner store at 1100 Morton Ave.
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Officers from the City of Chester Police Department were called to the store for a shooting victim inside.
There, they found the victim, 27-year-old Dontae Dickerson, on the floor with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. Paramedics pronounced Dickerson dead at the scene.
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Melton is being held at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility without bail.
He is scheduled for an Oct. 7 preliminary hearing.
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