{"id":5403,"date":"2025-01-09T22:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2025-01-09T22:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:09:53","slug":"dad-fatally-beats-man-who-followed-his-daughter-into-restroom-learns-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/dad-fatally-beats-man-who-followed-his-daughter-into-restroom-learns-fate\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad Fatally Beats Man Who Followed His Daughter Into Restroom, Learns Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_68 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_68\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\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 19<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>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<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/t_share\/MTg4MzA3OTU2MzczMTM2Mzk4\/dad3.png\" alt=\"Photo Credit: 12 News\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo Credit:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FZu1D4pQAUo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12 News<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\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<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"td-animation-stack-type0-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/.image\/t_share\/MTg4MzA3OTU2MzczMjY3NTc4\/dad4.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Credit: Twitter\/infowe\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/infowe\/status\/1029769085460992000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter\/infowe<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to witnesses, Harris punched Leon Armstrong in the face, knocking him to the ground. He beat him up some more then left.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong suffered a severe brain injury and died a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 sentencing is scheduled for December 13.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>41-year-old father Melvin Harris pleaded to manslaughter. The Phoenix father who maintained he killed a man while protecting his daughter had been originally charged with second-degree murder in 2018. 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-daily-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5405,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions\/5405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailynewsintime.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}